despite ouattara's support for the coup, his candidacy in the october 2000 presidential election was rejected by the supreme court, on the same nationality basis that was used to prevent his candidacy during bédié's presidency. as a result, the rdr decided to boycott the presidential election. it also boycotted the parliamentary election held on 10 december 2000 and 14 january 2001, but nevertheless won five out of 225 seats. the rdr is a full member of the liberal international, which it joined at the liberal international's dakar congress in 2003.