Jean-Jacques Konadjé l COTE D’IVOIRE, THE PRICE OF POSITIVE PEACE previous generation, can certainly help lay the foundations for building a positive climate of peace in Côte d' Ivoire. However, this generation has grown politically in a context of tolerated and even sustained violence. It is crucial that the forthcoming elections are credible and legitimate to prevent violence from re-emerging. More­over, politicians must understand that losing power is a democratic normality. Whilst waiting for 2020, we are witnessing a profound change in the Ivorian political landscape, through positioning games and the emergence of real or supposed alliances. This is the case of the new political coalition called Ensemble pour la Démo­cratie et la Souveraineté(EDS) which was launched on Thursday 20 April 2017. It includes the Rassemblement pour la Paix (RPP), the Alliance Ivoirienne pour la République et la Démocratie(AIRD), the Union des Nouvelles Générations(UNG) and the Front Populaire Ivoirien(FPI), the Aboudramane Sangaré trend. O Positioning Games and Opportunity Alliances The political future of Côte d'Ivoire is interwoven with the various political alliances that have been formed and settled according to the ongoing situation. While it is generally accepted that in politics, the interest of the moment often takes prece­dence over intrinsic convictions, it must be acknowledged that in this field, promises are only binding on those who believe in them. The truth is that the analysis of the geopolitical context shows in many respects that the Ivorian political class is gradually but undoubtedly changing. Some of the political alliances that were valid in 2010 have shattered. Now, in Côte d' Ivoire, the political debate revolves around a possible rotation within the framework of President Ouattara's succession. The PDCI, the inescapable ally of the ruling RDR, has lifted a wedge of the veil, through its President, former Head of State Henri Konan Bédié, by clearly stating its intentions. Indeed, the seventy-year-old party believes that the candidate of the Rassemblement des houphouëtistes pour la Démocratie et la paix should be drawn from its ranks, in accordance with "Daoukro's appeal" and his support for the re-election of President Ouattara in 2015. As a reminder, it was on 17 September 2014, during a meeting in his hometown of Daoukro, that President Bédié launched an appeal to the entire RHDP, more notably PDCI, to vote for President Ouattara. The particular feature of this call is that it established the rotation in 2020 between PDCI and RDR. In an interview with Jeune Afrique on 23 October 2015, President Bédié explained at length the reasons for this major political act:« It's a call of reason. Since 2000, elections in Côte d' Ivoire have always ended in serious unrest and thousands of deaths. We should avoid that this time, especially since most of the political actors present during these unrests are still active in the political arena. It is also a call for continuity. Ouattara then began work that is now visible to everyone and is well worth a second mandate. I recom­mended that all should gather around him once again in order to consolidate both the political stability of our country and the security of the Ivorians.». And yet, today, there is every reason to believe that the alternation of 2020 seems to be the subject of disagreement between the two major allies. For its part, the RDR 18