> I hope that the African (Dis)Union can finally get out of the way of
> ECOWAS to fulfill his mandate. Thank you, War Criminal and Pervert
> Gbagbo, for helping the AU see its folly.
> AU Mission in Ivory Coast Encounters Obstacles
> Scott Stearns | Dakar February 02, 2011
>
> Photo: AP
> Ivory Coast Prime Minister, Guillaume Soro, attends a media
> conference at the Golf Hotel in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, January 30,
> 2011.
> The prime minister for the U.N.-certified winner of Ivory Coast's
> presidential election says African Union mediation is the last chance
> for a peaceful resolution of the political crisis. The incumbent
> government says it will not accept any mediation that challenges the
> president's re-election.
>
> The African Union's latest effort to resolve the political crisis in
> Ivory Coast is having problems before it gets started.
>
> Members of the heads-of-state panel differ over the possible use of
> force to remove incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo. Gbagbo supporters
> oppose the inclusion of the Burkina Faso president on the panel
> because he is an ally of Gbagbo's rival, Alassane Ouattara.
>
> Gbagbo's foreign minister says his government will not accept any
> finding that questions the legitimacy of the constitutional council
> annulling nearly 10 percent of all ballots cast, which made Gbagbo
> the winner.
>
> Ivory Coast's Electoral Commission and the United Nations say results
> shows Ouattara winning, even if most of the contested votes are
> thrown out.
>
> Ouattara's prime minister, Guillaume Soro, says the African Union
> mission is the last chance for a peaceful resolution of the crisis.
>
> Soro says the five heads of state will go to Ivory Coast to ask the
> elected president to explain the guarantees he will offer to the
> losing president. Soro says Ouattara has promised if Gbagbo agrees to
> leave power, Ouattara will accord him the status of a former
> president with all of its privileges.
>
> Having served as Gbagbo's prime minister for more than three years,
> Soro told VOA that he does not expect the incumbent president will
> abide by the decision of the African Union, because the alliance
> already recognizes Ouattara.
>
> "AU recognized Alassane Ouattara as the elected president of Cote
> d'Ivoire," he said. "And I think that it is a victory for democracy
> in Cote d'Ivoire. It is a victory of the people of Cote d'Ivoire."
>
> Human Rights Watch says Gbagbo allies are killing and raping Ouattara
> supporters in post-election violence. The United Nations says
> peacekeepers are being blocked from suspected mass grave sites.
>
> Soro says those responsible for that violence must be brought to justice.
>
> "The struggle for freedom and the fight for democracy is not easy,"
> he said. "In the history of our continent, the struggle for freedom
> generally generates crimes and killings and everything."
>
> Both of Ivory Coast's competing governments went into the African
> Union summit hoping for decisive action against their rival. Instead,
> they got a panel of heads of state. Soro says he is not disappointed.
>
> "No, no, no. I am not disappointed. I am a fighter," said Soro.
> "When you fight for democracy you can not be disappointed."
>
> The leaders of Burkina Faso, Chad, Mauritania, South Africa, and
> Tanzania make up the African Union panel. They met Monday to outline
> their strategy and must now decide when to visit Abidjan and how to
> approach the country's rival presidents.
>
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