Cote d'Ivoire caught in post-election standoff

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Cote d'Ivoire caught in post-election standoff

08:11, December 06, 2010      

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Unlike what has been expected out of the presidential elections in Cote d'Ivoire, the West African country failed to end its protracted political crisis following the Nov. 28 run-off; rather it seems to have enter another round of standoff.

The situation is in danger of returning to the period before March 2007, when President Laurent Gbagbo reached a peace accord with New Forces (FN) leader Guillaume Soro to form a coalition government in transition to the long-awaited polls.

Gbagbo was sworn in on Saturday after the Constitutional Council declared him the winner of the presidential run-off, in rejection of the results announced by the electoral commission.

His rival Alassane Ouattara had his own swearing-in ceremony on the same day following the announcement by the electoral commission that he was the victor of the race.

Soro, who was named prime minister under the peace accord, said he would tender resignation to Ouattara in a move to show his recognition of Ouattara as the president-elect.

Ouattara has enjoyed the backing of the FN since the 2002-2003 civil war broke out, dividing Cote d'Ivoire in two, with Gbagbo controlling the Christian south and Soro the Muslim north.

While the prime minister voiced solidarity with Ouattara, the army reiterated its loyalty to Gbagbo, making the economic capital Abijdan a center stage of show of strength, stoking tensions lasting for days.

More than a dozen people have been killed in post-election violence, mostly in Abijdan, with gunfire repeatedly heard at night in the city, despite the Saturday-to-Sunday curfew and the deployment of a 9,800-strong UN peacekeeping mission.

The 53-member African Union, which includes Cote d'Ivoire, is also caught in the standoff, sending former South African president Thabo Mbeki with an emergency mission to the troubled country.

The pan-African bloc takes caution not to tilt the subtle balance amid the West-dominated voices critical of Gbagbo in support of Ouattara.

Ouattara, who previously served as prime minister and senior official of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has special blessing from the IMF, which vows to work with Ouattara and his future government.

The leeway is limited with the country facing the open confrontation of the two rival camps and possible sanctions already threatened by Western countries.

Cote d'Ivoire suffered a military coup in 1999. Gbagbo won the presidential election the next year. In September 2002, the FN launched an attempted coup against Gbagbo, triggering a civil war.

The presidential elections were repeatedly postponed since 2005, when Gbagbo's five-year term expired. Differences between the government and the FN over disarmament and voter list preparations were among the key issues to block the electoral process.

The country held the first round of the election on Oct. 31, when Ouattara garnered 32 percent of the vote against Gbagbo's 38 percent.

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