ANARCHY LOOMS in IVORY COAST as 2 Presidents are sworn in; Gbagbo and Ouattara marshall forces in Abidjan.
Special report by Chido Nwangwu, USAfrica. Sunday, December 5 2010.
USAfricaonline.com is reporting that the crises in the French-speaking west African country of Cote d’Ivoire continue to escalate to the unusual and explosive situation of having two rival Presidents claiming leadership of the same country.
Also, to firm up his position, the opposition leader who was first declared winner by the country’s independent elections commission Alassane Dramane Ouattara has appointed former Prime Minister Guillaume Soro to the same post. Soro is young and charismatic.
Remarkably, Gbabgbo’s former governing ally Soro thought otherwise that he took the extraordinary step of submitting his letter of resignation to Ouattara because he thinks Outtara is the “legitimate winner” of last Sunday’s runoff presidential election in the previously peaceful country of the 1960s until the 2000s. Soros stated to the local and international media last night Saturday that:
“I have tendered in my resignation to President-elect Alassane Ouattara and that of my entire cabinet after sober reflection and consultation which led me into the conclusion that he is the rightful president.”
Laurent Gbagbo was sworn in, again, as president at the official residence of the President of the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire in Abidjan, following the position of the same country’s elections court that Outtara was not duly elected.
Soros has been asked by Outtara to form a cabinet within the next 48 hours. USAfrica sources in Abidjan indicate that the profile of that cabinet is expected latest 8pm on Monday December 6, 2010, barring any major impact of the current intervention of South Africa’s former President Thabo Mbeki.
Gbagbo’s first election was also followed by violent disagreements by the competing factions in Ivory Coast.
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