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  • The two leading opposition candidates in Ivory Coast's October 31 presidential vote on Thursday asked their supporters to actively boycott the electoral process running up to the poll. "The electoral process under way does not concern us... we ask our supporters for an active boycott through all legal means," former prime minister Pascal Affi N'Guessan told reporters in a joint appearance with another leading opposition candidate, former president Henri Konan Bedie. They did not say whether they would pull out of the election, just as campaigning began on Thursday. The vote has sparked tensions in Ivory Coast as incumbent President Alassane Ouattara seeks a controversial third term, prompting fears of violence. Affi N'Guessan asked supporters to "refrain from participating, both with regards to the distribution of voter registration cards and with regards to the electoral campaign." He also called for them to "block the electoral coup that President Alassane Ouattara is preparing", and "to prevent any operation linked to the ballot from being held." Neither opposition candidate took questions, promising to hold a press conference on Friday. Ivory Coast's opposition has cried foul over Ouattara's attempt to secure a third term in office despite a two-term constitutional limit. After his re-election in 2015, Ouattara announced in March that he would not seek a third term. But he changed his mind after his preferred successor, prime minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly, died of a sudden heart attack in July. Ouattara and his supporters have argued that a 2016 revision of the constitution reset the limit on the number of terms. Many observers fear a crisis may be sparked by the October 31 election comparable to the one in 2010-2011 when 3,000 people died and the West African nation was plunged into chaos. pgf-de/mbx/ach
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  • I.Coast opposition seeks 'active boycott' of poll process
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