Côte d’Ivoire’s Constitutional Council on Tuesday formally declared President Alassane Ouattara re-elected after he secured nearly 90 percent of the vote in the country’s October 25 presidential election.
The announcement officially confirms the provisional results released earlier by the Independent Electoral Commission.
Council President Chantal Nanaba Camara, the first woman to lead the institution, said the review of electoral documents found “no irregularities capable of undermining the integrity of the vote.”
She added that no formal complaints had been received challenging the outcome.
The ruling cements Ouattara’s fourth five-year term at the age of 83, following a landslide victory in which he obtained 89.77 percent of the ballots.
With the Council’s confirmation, Ouattara’s tenure is extended amid continued questions from opponents about democratic space and political succession.
