Didier Drogba describes I. Coast 'deplorable'

  1. Posted on Wednesday 8 December 2010 - 15:05
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    Glorea Bentil, AfricaNews reporter in Accra, Ghana
    Ivory Coast football star Didier Drogba said the current political instability in his West African country is "deplorable." The Chelsea talisman according to Goal.com deplored the current political deadlock following the run-off elections. Two presidents and two prime ministers are running parallel governments at the moment.
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    Speaking to Le Parisien, the former captain of the Elephants said he was frustrated with the outbreak of another crisis in a country emerging from eight years of civil war.

    “I feel very bad and frustrated with what is going on in Cote D’Ivoire at the moment,” he said. “It’s deplorable. We’re in an unprecedented difficult situation the Ivorian people can’t deal with. I’m speaking as a citizen of Cote D’Ivoire and I think it is unfortunate to find ourselves in this kind of impasse again after all our sufferings.

    “We spent the last 10 years in difficult crises, and going into November 28 presidential election, we felt we were coming out to know true peace, but it seems our thoughts were wrong,” he said.

    The electoral commission declared opposition candidate Alassane Ouattara winner but the result was overturned by the Constitutional Council in favour of incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo.

    Both men swore themselves in as presidents and have named their ministers. The international community backs Ouattara and urges Gbagbo to accept defeat and quit.

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