Opposition says constitutional vote was ”fixed”

The main opposition leader in Ivory Coast has rejected the yes campaign’s landslide victory in the referendum on a new constitution, saying the result was “fixed”. Pascal Affi N’Guessan said Sunday’s referendum was marred by low turnout and “corruption and ballot-stuffing”.  Official results showed that the yes campaign, led by Alassane Ouattara, won the referendum […]

The main opposition leader in Ivory Coast has rejected the yes campaign’s landslide victory in the referendum on a new constitution, saying the result was “fixed”.
Pascal Affi N’Guessan said Sunday’s referendum was marred by low turnout and “corruption and ballot-stuffing”.  Official results showed that the yes campaign, led by Alassane Ouattara, won the referendum with 93.42% of the votes, and the turnout was 42%. The main opposition parties called for a boycott of the referendum, and put the turnout at no more than 10%.