You will recall that Hon. Guillaume Soro was the head of the Forces Nouvelles Freedom Army before he became Prime Minister under Laurent Gbagbo. This was the agreement concluded in Burkina Faso under the auspices of the AU and the UN, for the Freedom Army to lay down their arms and form a National unity government with President Gbagbo. In forming his cadre of ministers for this national unity government, Hon. Soro drew from Gbagbo partisans, the New Freedom Forces, civil society groups, and Ex-Prime Minister Ouattara's partisans. That was how Ivory Coast has been governed since 2002. With Gbagbo as President. It was therefore a tenuous government with the hope that the elections can be conducted in relative calm and peace to determine a more stable future for Ivory Coast.

Well, Gbagbo led in the first round of elections with some 38%, followed by Ouattara with some 32%, and Henri Konan Bedie with some 20%. The day after the announcement of those results, Hon. Bedie decided to form an alliance with Hon. Ouattara for the purposes of better defining the outcome of the second stage of the elections. We know what happened with the results of the second phase. Gbagbo's supreme council stole the vote for him.

Enter the Ivory Coast second symphony; Hon. Guillaume Soro and his government recognize Ouattara as the next President of Ivory Coast because as was agreed upon, the Independent Electoral Commission declares the results of the second stage and the UN serves as arbitre and certifies the election results. This was in cognizance of the fact that the Supreme council is not competently independent enough to certify any results. And the elections were held under the Ouagadougou Accords, NOT the Gbagbo Supreme Council Law. 

 
Along that theme therefore, Hon. Soro offered the standing down of his adhoc government to the new President of Ivory Coast HE Alassane Dramane Ouattara. The President accepted the honor and re-enlisted Hon. Soro as Prime Minister of Ivory Coast to form the next cadre of ministers. True to form, Hon. Soro again drew 5 from Hon. Bedie's partisans, 4 from Ouattara's partisans, a couple from the New Freedom Army, one from civil society, and retained one of his former ministers to round out the first 13 ministers of the new Ivory Coast government. The seat of government is temporarily located at the Golf Hotel but will be moved to the National headquarters very soon. When new Ambassadors are named, I encourage all nations to receive their letters of credence and assist in the eviction of any former Ivory Coast Ambassadors not accredited by this new Ouattara government and conclude new residence leases as appropriate. All uncooperative Ambassadors must be remanded in prison until such a time their pleas could be heard by your courts. I am confident the new Ivorian government will cooperated in their deportation at the conclusion of their various eviction trials.

I encourage the patriotic members of Ivory Coast's National Army to side with the better history of their nation and pledge allegiance to the new head of state and accompany his government in righting the sails for the great Cote D'Ivoire.

Allez my people. Haruna. Life goes on. Things to do. People to run over.


Soro reconnaît Ouattara président, va lui donner sa démission                        				        
                                                    
                          
Le Premier ministre ivoirien Guillaume Soro a annoncé samedi qu’il reconnaissait Alassane Ouattara comme président, et qu’il allait lui remettre la démission de son gouvernement, alors que Laurent Gbagbo était sur le point d’être investi chef de l’Etat.

"Nous reconnaissons que M. Alassane Ouattara est le vainqueur de cette élection", a-t-il déclaré devant la presse à Abidjan.
"J’ai décidé d’aller lui rendre la démission de mon gouvernement et ma démission en tant que Premier ministre", a-t-il ajouté.
M. Soro a jugé "injuste et inacceptable" la décision du Conseil constitutionnel de proclamer M. Gbagbo vainqueur en invalidant les résultats de la commission électorale qui donnaient son rival en tête.
"Notre position est de soutenir la proclamation faite par la Commission électorale indépendante et la +certification+ (validation, ndlr) faite par les Nations unies", a-t-il ajouté.
Chef de l’ex-rébellion des Forces nouvelles (FN) qui contrôle le nord du pays depuis le putsch manqué de 2002, M. Soro était devenu en 2007 Premier ministre de Laurent Gbagbo après avoir conclu avec lui l’accord de paix de Ouagadougou.
M. Gbagbo devait être investi président à la mi-journée lors d’une cérémonie au palais présidentiel à Abidjan.
ABIDJAN (AFP) - samedi 04 décembre 2010 - 13h47



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