<< The make-up of  the current government has fuelled accusations that the
junta wants to sneak

 Ouattara into power, but the PDCI and the socialist opposition have also
 eschewed the new regime despite overtures to all parties.
    The national assembly in mid-December voted to spend nearly 40 percent of

 the national budget on foreign debt repayments, but that was before the
 government was overthrown by the junta on Christmas Eve.
    The IMF and the World Bank cut off aid payments to Cote d'Ivoire nearly a

 year ago, citing irregularities in the management of public finances. The
 European Union halted its payments in December 1998.
    Last year, Abidjan collected only 10 percent of the total aid it was
 expecting.
    so/sa/kc/nb

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