The government would not change the electoral code, however, and Ouattara declined the nomination.

But when he saw the country's new electoral code, he decided the Government had gone too far.

A new electoral code was adopted to reflect the decentralization context.

But a revamped federal electoral code, being used for the first time this year, appears to have made an already difficult task more onerous.

A new electoral code was also decreed, again without input from the opposition.

An electoral code and a charter for political parties were also to be discussed.

In the final months before the elections, the electoral code was altered still another time.

One result was a revision of the electoral code in February.

Its electoral code is 31 and it became a registered political party on March 20, 1997.

No major opponents were barred from running in the presidential elections last June if they provided all the papers required by the electoral code.