Cote d'Ivoire's Minister of Interior and Security, Wagondo Diomander, and Minister of State and Minister of Defense, Tene Vilahima Ouattara, jointly signed an executive order on the 17th to regulate regulations on recent assembly activities to ensure public order and national security during the election period.

The executive decree stipulates that * activities directly related to the presidential election process on October 25, 2025 are allowed, but other rallies and * organized by political parties or political groups will not be approved in the next two months. The executive order takes effect immediately, and violators will be prosecuted.

Cote d'Ivoire's presidential election campaign for 2025 has begun on October 10 and will end on October 23.83-year-old current President Alassane Wattara campaigned as a unified party candidate alongside four other candidates, including the "Movement Generation of Powers" candidate Simone Echevette Babo, Democratic Congressional candidate Jean-Louis Beyoncé, Independent candidate Ahuwa Don Melo and the political partner Peace Alliance candidate Henriette Lagou.