Democracy is more important than incumbency

<p>The run-off presidential elections in Côte d’Ivoire held on 28 November 2010 carried many hopes: after a decade of violence, instability and international peacekeeping efforts, elections were expected to bring to the country a legitimate government and a lasting peace. </p> <p>Today, these hopes seem to have gone to the dustbin, together with the ill-fated bulletin issued by the Ivorian Electoral Commission to announce the results of the elections. The sitting president refused to accept the defeat at the polls and has joined the ranks of leaders who find incumbency more important than democracy. </p>
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