Monday, April 25, 2011

RESPONSE - The wrong choice of weapons

At the electoral coup of Laurent Gbagbo, Alassane Ouattara has opposed a military coup. His rebels have thus spoiled his international victory with the blood of Ivorians. The battle of Abidjan is the beginning of a new war. Considering the results of the international mission of inquiry and mediation made by the African Union, we are forced to admit that the installation of Laurent Gbagbo in the presidential chair was the result of a holdup Council Ivorian constitutional.

In many countries where things went well, the candidates declared losers by the institutions of law have generally withdrawn or have then accepted a compromise. But in Côte d'Ivoire, Alassane Ouattara, the opponent wanted to "recover" against all odds "stolen his place" by the Gbagbo regime.

Former Prime Minister of Houphouet Boigny, the provisional results of the Independent Electoral Commission gave after winning the election on November 28, has armed rebels who hold strong positions in northern Iraq since October 2002. Since late March, those that are considered "Republican Army of the Ivory Coast" have launched simultaneous attacks on three fronts and busy cities of the western, central and eastern countries.

They came down to Abidjan, the economic heart of the country, in a victorious advance, during which they met almost no resistance from members of the Defence Forces and security (pro-Gbagbo) on the road Abidjan. President Ouattara called them to join the rebels, and some are also sorted by their side.

But he remained faithful to a square to support President Gbagbo. The UN, however, that promote the accession to power Ouattara, denouncing a human slaughter executed by the rebels. If they have a good knowledge of weaponry, they have not really aware of the stakes of the political agenda: how to govern the people you slaughter? Taking power by force could pose a legal problem.

She puts the Ivorian institutions in brackets: the Constitution does not provide this kind of devolution of power, the Constitutional Court has declared another president, the Council received his oath and has invested. If history holds that Ouattara finally came to power by force, then it will expect an exception handling if things should happen "normally".

His accession by weapons to the highest office will mark the beginning of a new war, as many Ivorians will not accept, despite the faults of Gbagbo, the institutions of their country will be destroyed. In addition, some supporters of outgoing President who are at risk of being pinched by international justice are ready to fight until the last drop of their blood, so to win the bush and take up arms if they are evicted .

Côte d'Ivoire is not the only African country where a candidate is robbed of his victory. Cello Dalein Diallo, the losing candidate in the presidential election in Guinea, said after the vote that gave Alpha Conde had he won the arguments to show that there had been fraud. But he preferred to withdraw to avoid the Guinean people a new cycle of violence.

In Kenya and Zimbabwe, Raila Odinga and Morgan Tsvangirai has challenged the well holdup respective Mwai Kibaki and Mugabe, but they never took up arms against the established power of the institutions, even if they had acted against the popular will. We must believe that Ouattara was well prepared to go to the Ivorian presidency through the ballot box as by arms.

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