Former Ivory Coast 大臣 to run for 大統領,/社長 in break with 与党

ABIDJAN, July 22 (Reuters) - Marcel Amon-Tanoh, a longtime 同盟(する) of 大統領 Alassane Ouattara and until recently his 外務大臣, 宣言するd on Wednesday he would run in Ivory Coast's 大統領の 選挙 in October, breaking with the 与党.

The (選挙などの)運動をする was thrown into 不確定 earlier this month when Ouattara's choice to 後継する him after a 10年間 in 力/強力にする, 総理大臣 Amadou Gon Coulibaly, died suddenly, leaving the 判決,裁定 RHDP party 緊急発進するing to choose a 交替/補充 候補者.

The Oct. 31 選挙 is seen as a 重要な 実験(する) of 安定 for Ivory Coast, the world's 最高の,を越す cocoa 生産者. Ouattara's first 選挙 勝利,勝つ in 2010 誘発するd a civil war fought 大部分は along 地域の and 民族の lines that killed about 3,000 people.

Political 緊張s have been rising in 最近の months. The RHDP said on Monday it had asked Ouattara to go 支援する on his 決定/判定勝ち(する) not to stand for a third 称する,呼ぶ/期間/用語. His 対抗者s say running again would 侵害する/違反する 憲法の 限界s.

Late last year, the 政府 (刑事)被告 another 大統領の 希望に満ちた, former 首相 and ex-反逆者/反逆する leader Guillaume Soro, of plotting a クーデター against Ouattara's 政府. He is now in 追放する in Europe.

Amon-Tanoh 辞職するd in March as 外務大臣, a 地位,任命する he had held since late 2016, after Ouattara 発表するd that Gon Coulibaly would be the RHDP's 候補者. Amon-Tanoh had been 広範囲にわたって seen as angling to be the 候補者.

"We have built 橋(渡しをする)s, but we have forgotten to 建設する 橋(渡しをする)s between men," he said in a speech 発表するing his 立候補, an implicit rebuke to Ouattara's 記録,記録的な/記録する on reconciling Ivorians after the civil war.

Source の近くに to Amon-Tanoh said he would create his own 政党 in the coming days. It was not (疑いを)晴らす how much support he would be able to mobilise 独立した・無所属 of Ouattara, to whom he has been a の近くに 同盟(する) for 10年間s and 以前 served as 大統領の 長,指導者 of staff.

The RHDP said on Monday that Ouattara wo uld 発表する whether he planned to run in the next few days. The other main 宣言するd 候補者 in the race is Henri Konan Bedie, who was Ivory Coast's 大統領,/社長 from 1993-1999. (報告(する)/憶測ing by Loucoumane Coulibaly; 令状ing by Aaron Ross; Editing by Angus MacSwan)

Sorry we are not 現在/一般に 受託するing comments on this article.