vii) 4 (four) representatives of the party or political coalition in power; vilil)4 (four) representatives of opposition political parties or groups”. 128. The foregoing provision shows that the ruling political party and coalition, and political groupings of the Opposition are each represented by four (4) members. 129. The Court however notes that the Government in place is further represented by four (4) other members, Republic, one representative namely, one representative of the President of the representative of the President of the National Assembly, of the Minister in charge of Territorial Administration, one and one representative of the Minister in charge of Economy and Finance. 130. The Government is, therefore, represented by eight (8) members as against four (4) for the Opposition. 131. The Court observes further that the impugned law provides, in its Article 36, that the IEC Central Commission shall take its decisions by simple majority of the members present. 132. The imbalance in the composition of the Ivorian electoral body was also noted by the African Union Election Observer Mission (AUEOM) which, in its report of 27 October 2015, indicated as follows: “\..[n view of its composition, in the numerical parties. AUEOM consensus outcome within AUEOM representation noted the found that there was of the ruling that the electoral political of negotiations class, between the coalition authority although ruling the party an imbalance and does the not command current and political the IEC is the opposition parties, despite its heavy political component. From its exchanges with the socio-political actors, the 30 Mission clearly perceived the mistrust of a

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