Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara has secured a fourth term in after winning this year's presidential election

[Augusta]

Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara has secured a fourth term in after winning this year's presidential election.

According to provisional results announced by the Independent Electoral Commission (CIE) on Monday evening, the 83-year-old won a fourth term as head of the west African country with 89.77% or 3.75m votes. Businessman Jeal-Louis Billon came a distant second with only 3.09%.

Voter turnout reached just 50.1%, according to the electoral commission.

Monday's results are provisional and the final outcome will be announced by the Constitutional Council after it rules on any election petitions.


On Sunday, the opposition group

 

[Kross]

How can the constitution of a country allow a single person to have up to four terms in power? Can't they amend that constitution?

 

[Augusta]

I wonder why too. But for me if the person in power is good why not. He or she can still continue

 

[kit_hung]

How can the constitution of a country allow a single person to have up to four terms in power? Can't they amend that constitution?

Remember we have Museveni who has been Uganda's president since the 1980s?

 

[eLdavis]

Fourth term? Is that not too much? Anyways if they are okay with this system, then i guess it's completely fine.