Good brother ,
just stayhome. Your family is more important
Habib
Sidi M Sanneh wrote:
> Jabou, Ndey, Fatou, KB, Abdoulaye, Bro Habib el al,
>
> Thank you for expressing your concern about our safety. I can assure all
> that we are all taking the necessary precautions. Yesterday the situation
> was fluid, this morning it is highly volatile with APCs on the streets with
> soldiers, apparently backing Laurent Gbagbo, urging his supporters on
> towards the Presidential Palace in Plateau. Heavy gun fire at one of the
> army barracks was heard through out the early hours of the morning. Street
> barricades have been erected by the Gbagbo supporters in Youpougon, Adjame
> and Koumassi areas of Abidjan since the end of the curfew at 06:00 GMT this
> morning. Both Laurent Donna Fologo of the PDCI and Ouattara of RDR have
> indicated that they will not join the protest of Gbagbo since he has been
> playing ball with the military through out the transition instead of
> standing firmly with the PDCI and RDR, two of the biggest political parties
> which were both excluded from the election leading to their subsequent
> boycott. Both parties consider the election illegitimate because of the
> exclusionary clauses embedded in the Constitution and the eligibility
> criteria for the presidential candidate designed, in their view, to exclude
> the biggest political threats to the rule of Gen. Guei. A call I received
> moments ago confirmed that, indeed, there are hundreds of Gbagbo supporters
> assembling in different parts of the city, ready on the march toward the
> Presidential Palace. Where it will all end is anybody's guess. In case you
> guys (Jabou el al) are wondering, I am holed up in my residence with my
> family, as are all Bank staff not on mission.
> Sidi Sanneh
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