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24-533: After an unsuccessful attempt to start his own independent newspaper, La Chronique du Soir , Neruda agreed to take over La Voie in 1991. With Neruda as its editor-in-chief, La Voie quickly went on to become the best-selling independent newspaper in Côte d'Ivoire. The paper regularly ran critical coverage of the government of Ivorian President Henri Konan Bédié , resulting in several court appearances on defamation charges and prison sentences for at least six members of

48-496: A joint ticket from 2020 . They will be both elected for a five-year term, with only one possible reelection. The Vice-President will replace the President in case of death, resignation and any other vacancy. In November 2020, Alassane Ouattara won third term in office in elections boycotted by the opposition. His opponents argued it was illegal for president Ouattara to run for a third term. Parliament of Ivory Coast

72-634: Is a bicameral body composed by the National Assembly and the Senate of Ivory Coast . Prior to November 2016 and the future creation of the Senate, the Parliament of Ivory Coast was only composed of the National Assembly . The National Assembly ( Assemblée Nationale ) has 255 members, elected for a five-year term in single-seat constituencies . It passes on legislation typically introduced by

96-430: Is competent to try government officials for major offenses. The Supreme Court or Court Supreme consists of four chambers: Judicial Chamber for criminal cases, Audit Chamber for financial cases, Constitutional Chamber for judicial review cases, and Administrative Chamber for civil cases; there is no legal limit to the number of members. Rally of Houphouëtists for Democracy and Peace (RHDP) won 137 of 254 contested seats in

120-424: Is elected by popular vote for a five-year term. The prime minister is appointed by the president. Alassane Ouattara is currently the president of Ivory Coast. He was reelected in the 2015 Ivorian presidential election . After a new constitution was approved by referendum , it is expected President Alassane Ouattara would appoint a Vice-President before 2020 . The President and Vice-President will run on

144-577: The President of Ivory Coast is both head of state and head of government , and of a multi-party system . Executive power is exercised by the President and the Government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and parliament. The capital since 1983 is Yamoussoukro ; however, Abidjan remains the commercial center. Most countries maintain their embassies in Abidjan. A civil war

168-666: The United Nations proclaiming Ouattara the winner. Fighting soon broke out between Gbagbo's Ivorian Popular Front (FPI) and Ouattara's Rally of the Republicans (RDR), causing some commentators to refer to the crisis as the Second Ivorian Civil War . Notre Voie , which BBC News has described as "openly very sympathetic to the FPI", supported Gbagbo. After his 11 April 2011 arrest by pro-Ouattara forces,

192-487: The Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.133 via cp1102 cp1102, Varnish XID 541084443 Upstream caches: cp1102 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 05:33:28 GMT Ivorian government The politics of Ivory Coast takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic , whereby

216-505: The article's appearance. A warrant was also issued for Neruda, who evaded arrest for several days to arrange care for his ten-year-old son. On 2 January 1996, Neruda turned himself in at a police station and was also arrested. On 11 January, Neruda, Koré and Sangar were convicted of "offenses against the head of state" and sentenced to two years' imprisonment apiece. Additionally, La Voie was fined three million West African CFA francs (about US$ 6000) and banned from publishing for three months;

240-412: The conflict include: Ivory Coast 's 1959 constitution provides for strong presidency within the framework of a separation of powers . The executive is personified in the president , elected for a five-year term. The president is commander in chief of the armed forces, may negotiate and ratify certain treaties , and may submit a bill to a national referendum or to the National Assembly . According to

264-472: The constitution, the President of the National Assembly assumes the presidency in the event of a vacancy, and he completes the remainder of the deceased president's term. The cabinet is selected by and is responsible to the president. Changes are being proposed to some of these provisions, to extend term of office to 7 years, establish a senate, and make president of the senate interim successor to

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288-595: The editorial staff. In 1995, the paper's offices were firebombed, but no one was hurt. On 18 December 1995, La Voie ran an article on the Ivorian ASEC Mimosas 's loss to the South African Orlando Pirates in the finals of football 's CAF Champions League . A sidebar by reporter Emmanuel Koré, headlined " Il maudit l'ASEC " ("He cursed/jinxed ASEC"), jokingly suggested that the bad luck of President Bédié's presence had caused

312-574: The election, according to official results. Union for Democracy and Peace in Ivory Coast (UDPCI) claimed fraud and the Ivorian Popular Front (FPI) appealed for calm. One seat remained open on March 10 because a candidate died during the campaign. The elections were peaceful and turnout was 37.88%, with 2,788,022 voters participating out of 7,359,399 registered. There were 82,184 null ballots and 34,083 blank ballots. Patrick Achi

336-480: The north of the country. Their principal claim relates to the definition of who is a citizen of Ivory Coast (and so who can stand for election as president), voting rights and their representation in government in Abidjan . The events in Abidjan shows that it is not a tribal issue, but a crisis of transition from a dictatorship to a democracy, with the clashes inherent in the definition of citizenship. Forces involved in

360-467: The paper avoided the ban by publishing under the name L'alternative for the duration of the sentence, returning to its original name when the ban was complete. During his imprisonment, Neruda continued to write news stories from jail, smuggling them out and publishing them in L'alternative under the apparently female pen name "Bintou Diawara". His topics included a financial scandal and the more lenient sentences given to wealthy Lebanese prisoners. When

384-602: The paper's offices were ransacked by protesters. The paper relocated to the suburbs of Abidjan , and Republican Forces of Côte d'Ivoire soldiers were stationed at the paper's headquarters until August; according to Reporters Without Borders , the soldiers also barred staff from the premises, preventing them from using equipment and the paper's archives. In November 2011, the Ivorian government charged Notre Voie reporters César Etou and Boga Sivori and administrator Didier Dépry with "incitement to theft, looting and destruction of

408-562: The president although it also can introduce legislation. The Senate of Ivory Coast ( Sénat ) will have two-thirds of the senators indirectly elected and one-third appointed by the president-elect, elected for a five-year term in single-seat constituencies . Ivory Coast is a one party dominant state with the Rally of the Republicans in power. The judicial system culminates in the Supreme Court of Ivory Coast . The High Court of Justice

432-426: The president. Laurent Gbagbo took power following a popular overthrow of the interim leader Gen. Robert Guéï who had claimed a dubious victory in presidential elections; Gen. Guéï himself had assumed power on 25 December 1999, following a military coup against the government of former President Henri Konan Bédié . Gbagbo was elected president in 2000 in an election boycotted by many oppositional forces. The president

456-470: The property of others through the press". The three began a hunger strike after their arrest. Several African media watchdog groups protested, including the Media Foundation for West Africa , which described the charges as "bogus". The journalists were released after thirteen days in custody when a judge dismissed the case. Ivorian President Too Many Requests If you report this error to

480-679: The team's defeat; the article also played on the slogans from Bédié's re-election literature of the previous year, in which he promised to bring "good luck" to the nation. Although the sidebar was one of the less serious criticisms of the Bédié government that had appeared in La Voie , by naming the president explicitly, it posed a direct challenge to a 1991 statute allowing the state to prosecute "people who insult government officials or offices" for criminal libel. Koré and La Voie 's publication director Abou Drahamane Sangar were arrested shortly after

504-600: The three journalists appealed their sentences to the Supreme Court in August, President Bédié appeared on television offering them a pardon if they would withdraw the appeal. Feeling that this would be a tacit admission of guilt, the journalists refused the offer. The Supreme Court rejected their appeal in November, but the three were nonetheless released on 1 January 1997, having served only half of their sentences. Neruda

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528-548: Was fought in Ivory Coast between 2002–2004 and a second civil war broke out in March 2011 following contested elections that saw president-elect Alassane Ouattara come into power in 2011 and reelected in 2015. It is located in Africa. Troops, mostly hailing from the north of the country, mutinied in the early hours of 19 September 2002. They soon after launched attacks in many cities, including Abidjan. By lunchtime, they had control of

552-631: Was later awarded the International Press Freedom Award from the Committee to Protect Journalists , and in 2000, he was named one of the International Press Institute's 50 World Press Freedom Heroes of the past 50 years. Following the 2010 presidential election , both the incumbent Laurent Gbagbo and opposition candidate Alassane Ouattara declared victory. Gbago refused to step down despite

576-400: Was named interim Prime Minister on March 8, during the illness of Hamed Bakayoko . Bakayoko died of cancer on March 10. The largest opposition grouping will mostly likely be a coalition formed by Henri Konan Bedie ′s UPDCI and Laurent Gbagbo 's FPI, which won 50 seats. For administrative purposes, Ivory Coast is divided into 58 departments , each headed by a prefect appointed by

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