ECOWAS ‘recognizes’ Gbagbo as president

  1. Posted on Wednesday 9 February 2011 - 12:00
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    Joseph Appiah-Dolphyne, AfricaNews editor in Accra, Ghana
    Despite all the hullabaloo being made around for Ivory Coast's leader Laurent Gbagbo to cede power for Alassane Ouattara - who has been widely recognized by all major international players to have won the last elections, ECOWAS still 'recognizes' Gbagbo as president of the world's number one cocoa producing country.
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    In a bizarre manner, the regional bloc still describes Laurent Gbagbo as the president of Ivory Coast on its official website. The website also indicates Guillaume Kigbafori SORO and Hon. Mamadou KOULIBALY as that country’s Prime Minister and President of the Ivorian Assembly respectfully.

    The official website of ECOWAS is undoubtedly the first point of contact for anyone who wants information on the regional bloc and the following link indicates the current status of Gbagbo as far as ECOWAS' website is concern: http://www.ecowas.int/pub...tional-Unit-Directory.pdf

    The presidential election in November was supposed to reunify Ivory Coast, divided since a 2002 civil war.

    The country's electoral commission said Mr Ouattara had won - a position backed by the UN mission in Ivory Coast, which helped organise the poll.

    But Mr Gbagbo's supporters said that the New Forces rebels who control the north had rigged the poll in favour of Mr Ouattara.

    The Constitutional Council, headed by an ally of Mr Gbagbo, then annulled votes in these areas and declared Mr Gbagbo the winner.

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