 Complete the following phrase:  In the 2010 presidential election, Alassane Ouattara defeated Gbagbo, and was recognized as the winner by election observers, the international community, the African Union AU, and the Economic Community of West African States. However, Gbagbo refused to step down, despite mounting international pressure. The Independent Electoral Commission IEC announced that Ouattara had won the race with 54 of the vote, a tally that the United Nations concluded was credible; however, the Constitutional Council, a body dominated by pro-Gbagbo members, annulled the results in Ouattaras electoral strongholds in the north, claiming fraud, and declared Gbagbo the winner with 51 of the vote. In December 2010, both Gbagbo and Ouattara assumed the presidency, triggering a 