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