Cote d’Ivoire: absences in new cabinet appointments discourage confidence
- July 11, 2018
- - 2:20 pm
Summary: The Cote d’Ivoire government’s new cabinet did not instill confidence among the country’s principal political opposition. President Alassane Ouattara will address political grievances in an upcoming state of the nation address, and his apparent onward political ambitions is such that inflating patronage, putting increased pressure on the government’s budget with consequential impact on borrowing costs and Eurobonds will be the outcome. Ivoirian Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly named a new cabinet late July 10, comprising forty one members. The composition heavily favored the ruling Rally of the Republicans (RDR) party, and failed to instill confidence among Cote d’Ivoire’s principal …
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