Ivory Coast President Ouattara’s supporters push for fourth term

Supporters of Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara this week said they would back his bid for a fourth term in 2025. The 82-year-old Ouattara was re-elected in 2020 following a contested election. His opponents argued then that his third term bid was a violation of the constitution. Reuter’s news agency reports that Ouattara has said that he would like to step down if his rivals would also commit to withdrawing from politics. Eric Edi, an Ivorian and Executive Secretary of the Committee of Action for Cote d’Ivoire, a US-based political movement, tells VOA’s James Butty, the so-called petition is an attempt by President Ouattara to flout the constitution and maintain himself in power