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EC to support municipal elections

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    The European Commission will contribute 3.1 millions euros (US $2.7 million) to Sunday’s municipal elections in Cote d’Ivoire. The commission said on Friday that this was aimed at ensuring that the polls would be “fair and transparent”. Part of the funding has already been used for an information and civic education drive.

    The money will be also be used to pay for the transport of voting ballots, boxes and national and international observers to voting districts.

    The community also said it was satisfied that all major parties would take part in these polls. The main opposition party, le Rassemblement des republicains, boycotted the presidential and legislative elections because its leader, Alassane Ouattara, was barred form running following challenges to his nationality. His disqualification on both occasions led to deadly electoral violence in October and December 2000.

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