COJEP welcomes dissolution of Ivorian Independent Electoral Commission, calls for truly independent electoral body
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The Pan-African Congress for Justice and Equality of Peoples COJEP in C么te d'Ivoire has welcomed the dissolution of the Independent Electoral Commission CEI, announced by the Council of Ministers on Wednesday, May 6, 2026. In a statement read by its spokesperson, Me Serge Ouraga, the party of Charles Bl茅 Goud茅 acknowledged the decision, viewing it as an implicit recognition of the crisis of confidence surrounding the CEI for several years. COJEP considers this a major step towards creating a truly independent electoral body, a long-standing demand from various political actors and civil society organizations. The political movement highlighted that its president, Charles Bl茅 Goud茅, has consistently emphasized the imperative need for C么te d'Ivoire to have an impartial and credible electoral institution capable of reassuring all political stakeholders to ensure transparent, inclusive, and peace-building elections. COJEP believes the real challenge now lies in the nature, composition, and functioning of the future electoral mechanism replacing the CEI. The party hopes this new body will not be a disguised means for the ruling party to control the electoral system or a democratic setback, but rather will correct the shortcomings of the former CEI. For COJEP, any credible reform of the Ivorian electoral system must be based on establishing a genuinely independent electoral body, with a composition that excludes the influence of both ruling and opposition political parties. It also
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