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Ivory Coast: African Court of Justice Deems Gbagbo Worthy of Presidency

Last updated on September 11th, 2021 at 08:22 am

The African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights dominated on Friday to reject the exclusion of former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo from the upcoming presidential elections of October 31 — ordering the Ivorian nation to “take all necessary measures to straight away get rid of all obstacles” hindering his participation in the race as his lack of signature on the candidacy bid – filed through supporters on his behalf given his contemporary exile in Belgium, noticed The Ivorian Constitutional Council find it inamissible.

The Court also ordered the Ivorian country to “suspend the point out of the criminal conviction of the crook record” of Gbagbo and had already exceeded a comparable ruling — condemning the Ivorian state for some other opponent, former rebel chief and former Prime Minister Guillaume Soro, whose candidacy had additionally been rejected by means of the Constitutional Council after a court conviction.

Acquitted at a courtroom of first instance of crimes against humanity with the aid of the International Criminal Court, Gbagbo, 75, is looking forward to a possible enchantment in Belgium to be in a position to return to his native Côte d’Ivoire — whose authorities refuse, in accordance to his lawyers, to trouble him a passport.

Albert Echetah

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