<p>Ouattara’s win was announced early Tuesday morning after all the votes were reportedly counted. <strong>Kuibiert-Coulibaly Ibrahime</strong>, the head of the electoral commission announced the results to the nation. The results are said to be <a href=”https://www.dw.com/en/ivory-coast-election-ouattara-wins-third-term-opposition-cries-foul/a-55480568″ target=”_blank”>validated by the country’s constitutional council</a> which will declare the final winner after hearing any challenges or complaints of irregularities. As a matter of fact, opposition parties have continuously called Ouattara’s presidential campaign “illegitimate” because Ivory Coast’s Constitution does not permit more than two presidential terms. Conversely, the 78-year-old president called it a “reset” for himself but voters have shown resistance.</p><p> The electoral commission confirmed that only 53.9 percent of Ivorians cast their votes at the poll. Ivory Coast’s election can be said to have been strange, controlled and violent. According to <strong><em>DW</em></strong>, <a href=”https://www.dw.com/en/ivory-coast-election-violence-leaves-a-dozen-dead/a-55465966″ target=”_blank”>forty of the forty-four candidates seeking to challenge Ouattara were disqualified</a>. Furthermore, two of Ouattara’s three remaining opponents (<strong>Pascal Affi N’Guessan</strong> and <strong>Henri Konan Bedie</strong>) boycotted the vote and asked their supporters to stay at home as well. </p><p><div class=”dfp_atf-slot” data-not-loaded=”true”></div><script type=”text/javascript”> checkdfpScripts();
</script></p><p>According to <strong><em>DW</em></strong>,<a href=”https://www.dw.com/en/ivory-coast-election-ouattara-wins-third-term-opposition-cries-foul/a-55480568″ target=”_blank”> African Union observers called the election process “generally satisfactory”</a>. US international political and human rights organisation, Carter Center, <a href=”https://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr/2020/cote-divoire-110220.html” target=”_blank”>questioned the credibility of votes</a> with regards to Ivory Coast’s current unstable political climate. At least <a href=”https://www.dw.com/en/ivory-coast-election-violence-leaves-a-dozen-dead/a-55465966″ target=”_blank”>30 deaths have reportedly been recorded in demonstrations against Ouattara leading up to the elections</a>. Ouattara’s win is not unfamiliar. Recently, <strong><em>OkayAfrica</em></strong> reported on <a href=”https://www.okayafrica.com/tanzanian-opposition-leader-freeman-mbowe-arrested-ahead-of-protests/” target=”_blank”>Tanzania’s election where President <strong>John Magufuli</strong> won by over 84 percent</a>. Opposition party figures were set to peacefully demonstrate against the results but were arrested prior.</p>
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