Things are further complicated in Côte d'Ivoire .
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France has not obtained validation of its position by the UN. The Security Council reiterated, however, and repeatedly, the sovereignty of Côte d'Ivoire. She has lobbied on ECOWAS, West African economic organization, to recognize the victory of Mr. Ouattara. What has driven by a simple principle of subsidiarity the position of the African Union. It was therefore of denying, temporarily, the report of its own observers for the poll and that of its mediator, Thabo Mbeki, sent to Abidjan after the election. The latter will also be made public until after the summit in Addis Ababa, two months later.
The AU summit in Addis Ababa on January 31 reversed his position and created by a resolution of its board of peace and security, then validated in a general meeting, a panel of 5 counts States to assess the Ivorian elections. President Jacob Zuma of South Africa, President of Mauritania, Chad and those of Tanzania and Burkina Faso are BlaiseCompaoré of this high-level panel.
President of ECOWAS protested vigorously, pointing out that the practice was its decision to be automatically endorsed by the AU. The UN secretary general, Ban Ki Moon said that recount the ways would be a "grave injustice", and Nicolas Sarkozy intervened himself to all heads of State of Africa ... Both say it is panic in the camp of lies ...
After the passage of their experts to Abidjan and to concrete elements, the panel did was moving towards recognition of Mr. Ouattara. It then restarted the rebels and mercenaries to commit acts of terrorism and urban guerrilla to prevent the heads of state to go to Abidjan. He thought probably torpedo the panel of the AU. Mr Compaore and Secretary of ECOWAS, the last defenders of the position of Mr. Ouattara and France in this panel, refused to travel to Abidjan, citing security reasons. Other heads of state, very determined, came to Abidjan and met all the protagonists. Ouattara initially refused to receive them, then it is resigned.
We expect their decisions today, Monday, February 28, 2011. They were to meet in Nouakchott, but Blaise Compaore got to postpone this meeting to March 4, after the official visit Mr Zuma in France. Without it, Jacob Zuma arrived in France would be the height of the panel decision of the AU. Nicolas Sarkozy will probably try to influence the position of South Africa.
Leveraging this period, the clan liars (rebels, supporters of Mr. Ouattara, France, Secretary General of the United Nations, neighboring countries providers of mercenaries) at all costs to hide their misdeeds, attempts to urgently before reconvening of this panel, to overthrow President Gbagbo and / or initiate acts of civil strife. He seems to hope that all these actions will eventually lead to a complete collapse of the state. Otherwise and if the panel and therefore the AU not recognize the election of Mr. Ouattara and well aligned on the UN position, France will, too, respect the Ivorian institutions. Thus, it will recognize, and finally for the first time, the full independence of one of its former colonies in Africa. This would be the end of a "Western plot against Côte d'Ivoire" to borrow the title of an article of Quebec MP Yves Rocheleau.
Here where we are, and things are very tense in Abidjan. The issuer of public television was violently attacked on Saturday night. The technicians were killed and equipment destroyed. Abidjan remain almost without information. Fortunately a backup transmitter was quickly cobbled together. This reassured him and calmed the citizens.
People are outraged and President Gbagbo and the leader in nonviolent Charles Ble Goude, and all the positive forces of Côte d'Ivoire are about to lose control of part of the population white hot by all these murders and all the violence. They absolutely must keep the television to keep people at home, calm down or channel them into nonviolent actions organized and where each monitors the other to avoid overflow ....
The unicorn, French military forces, was suspected, as in 2004, while Michele Alliot Marie was minister of defense, taking the presidential palace tonight. Thousands of young, mostly students, were watching outside the gates. Unicorn currently trying to control the airport, but young unarmed and many interposed.
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