Cote d’Ivoire: Côte d’Ivoire Ruling Party Increases Majority in Parliamentary Elections

Côte d’Ivoire’s ruling party has won 77 percent of the seats in parliament, further consolidating its power two months after the re-election of Alassane Ouattara as president, according to results announced on Monday.

The Independent Electoral Commission said the Rally of Houphouetists for Democracy and Peace (RHDP) won 197 of the 255 seats – 34 more than in the outgoing National Assembly.

Ouattara won his fourth mandate in October with nearly 90 percent of the vote – in a presidential election…