IVORY Coast’s army ruler, General Robert Guei, has pledged to restore order after an attempt to assassinate him this week and said there was no reason to delay a presidential election due on October 22. ”The elections have already been postponed once…Let no one look for any underhand reasons to push them back again or stop them being held. It’s high time that Ivory Coast got back to normal constitutional life,” he said. Guei took power in a military coup in December 1999. A presidential election to begin the return to civilian rule was due to have been held on September 17 but the organising body asked for a delay for logistical reasons. Guei is among the candidates for the election. His private residence was attacked by armed men earlier this week in what he said was an assassination attempt by members of his presidential guard. – Reuters