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Presidential elections will be held in Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) on 25 October 2015.[1] Incumbent Alassane Ouattara has stated that he will be seeking a second term.
The Ivorian Popular Front (FPI), the main opposition party, designated Pascal Affi N'Guessan as its presidential candidate on 8 August 2015. He denounced the incarceration of former President Laurent Gbagbo by the International Criminal Court and political conditions under Ouattara: "Peace isn't only the silence of weapons. Can we say that Ivory Coast is in peace when President Gbagbo is in The Hague? With hundreds of political prisoners in jail, Ivory Coast is not in peace." Some hardliners in the FPI did not want to participate in elections as long as Gbagbo remained imprisoned, but others felt the party needed to remain engaged in the electoral process.[2]