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Ivory Coast: Guinean elections might be a model of experience

By on June 28, 2010
Over 4 million Guineans began voting early Sunday morning to elect their president in a vote seen as the most open since the country gained independence in 1958.

The poll of the 24 candidates that raised a real passion was overseen by 3000 observers from CEDEAO, French speaking countries, African Union, the European Union and several NGOs.
Thus “three members of the Ivorian electoral commission have followed with interest the Guinean elections in order to build on the success obtained by the Electoral Commission of that country and minimise errors that could possibly fit in the organisation of the presidential election in Ivory coast, long awaited and will be followed by the world for result certification, should not suffer from any challenge.
The Ivorian IEC president, Youssouf Bakayoko, will surround himself with all possible precautions to organise an “exemplary” election. He stated that “the organisation of a truly democratic election must take its source in Côte d’Ivoire, from the institution it leads”. To win this bet, he won’t stop only to the Guinean model, but he plans to continue this kind of experience in order to obtain a “methodical work”, and “reach a consensus outcome”, has said the communication service.
Living in a crisis since September 19, 2002, the Ivory Coast has been waiting for the organisation of a presidential election, repeatedly postponed since October 2005, with the constitutional end term of President Laurent Gbagbo’s mandate.

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