Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara, re-elected for a controversial third term, mocked Tuesday, November 17 an opposition of "
living room
", assuring that there would be "
no transition
", but also inviting him to dialogue.
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“
Anyone who has ideas about a transition, they can always dream, there will be no transition!
»Launched President Ouattara during a political council of his party, the Rassemblement des Houphouëtistes pour la democratie et la paix (RHDP), in Abidjan.
Reelected to the presidential election on October 31 with 94.27% of the vote - "
as some would say, a Stalinist score
", noted Ouattara who does not hesitate to use humor in his speeches - the head of state quipped: “
where does this idea of transition come from?
Three years before we know there is an election, we sit in our living room and then we say that there is a transition
”.
Not recognizing the re-election of Ouattara, because judging a third term unconstitutional, leaders of the opposition, which boycotted the ballot, proclaimed a "
National Transitional Council
".
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After several days of tension, marked by the arrest of several opposition leaders, a dialogue began, however, with a meeting on November 11 between Ouattara and the leader of the opposition, former President Henri Konan Bédié.
While claiming to be "
revolted
" by the "
87 deaths
" caused by clashes during the election period, as well as by the fact that nearly a million and a half Ivorians could not vote because of the actions of "
civil disobedience
”launched by the opposition, Ouattara called for“
mutual forgiveness and tolerance
”.
"
We have to talk to each other, we have to stop this,
" he said.
Then to continue that "
we must continue to live together in peace
".
Friday, November 13 the opposition had demanded "
acts of appeasement
" of the power as "
preliminary
" to any political dialogue, to try to put an end to the electoral violence.
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