andyanders:

HE SHOULD BE EXECUTED FOR WAR CRIME. THERE IS NOTHING TO TRY HIM FOR IS ALREADY KNOWN. DO NOT WASTE TAKING HIM THROUGH TRIAL AS THIS WILL BE TAX PAYERS MONEY. EXECUTE HIM AND HIS FAMILY.

andyanders:

[table]@superboi .By what you have written it shows that given the opportunity, You would commit the same crime that you accuse Gbagbo of[/table]

THAT IS YOU. I HINK YOU MUST BE MYOPIC. IF YOU THINK RIGHT, YOU MUST KNOW IT IS WRONG FOR AFRICAN LEADERS TO BE POWER DRUNK TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE ELECTORATE. HOW COME A MAN WHO WANTS TO GOVERN BE OUT KILLING HIS PEOPLE AND NOW WANTS TO BE GRANTED  AMNESTY TO LIVE? IF YOU HAVE BRAIN, PEOPLE LIKE THAT SHOULD NOT LIVE. IN CHINA, JAPAN AND SOME COUNTRIES,THEY EXECUTE THEIR LEADERS BECAUSE OF FRAUD. IF WE START EXECUTING OUR CORRUPT LEADERS  HERE IN NIGERIA, IT WILL MAKE POLITICS, LESS ATRSCTIVE TO CORRUPT INDIVIDUALS, THEN DESENT PEOPLE WILL NOW COME OUT TO CONTEST. YOU SHOULD GROW UP. MAYBE YOU OR YOUR PARENTS MUST HAVE BEEN ONE OF THESE CORRUPT LEADERS, HENCE YOU ARE SUPPORTIN GBABO.

andyanders:

@superboi

IF THE UN/ INTERNATIONAL ELECTION MONITORING TEAM HAS DECLARED QUATTARA AS THE RIGHTFUL PERSON THAT WON THE ELECTION, WHY CAN'T GHAGBO STEP DOWN AND ALLOW TO GOVERN? WHY MUST HE ROLE OUT ARMY AGAINST HIS PEOPLE? NOW THAT HIS HOME HAS BEEN SUROUNDED, WHY THEN HAS HE AGREED TO LEAVE?

andyanders:

@superboi
MY BRODA, TWO WRONGS CANNOT MAKE A RIGHT. LET US LOOK AT THIS,EVEN YOUR COUNTRY, NIGERIA ACCEPTED QUATTARA AS THE RIGHTFUL PERSON THAT WON THE ELECTION. MUST HE GBAGBO BE RIGHT BY TAKING UP ARMS SINCE HE HAS BEEN TOLD TO VACATE HIS POST? AGAIN, IF YOU AS A PERSON IS HAVING PROBLEM WITH YOUR BILOGICAL BROTHER AND THE WHOLE ELDERS PLEADED WITH YOU BY TELLING YOU TO DROP YOUR ACTION AGAINST YOUR FAMILY FOR THE INTEREST OF YOUR CHILDREN OR RELATIONS, AND THEN YOU SAY, NO. SHOULD IT BE THAT WAY? YOU MUST CONSIDER THE CHILDREN AND YOUR WIFE AND OTHERS AND ALLOW PEACE A CHANCE SINCE THE ELDERS HAS SPOKEN.

andyanders:

@superboi

MY BROTHER, I ENJOY YOUR PERSON. BUT NOTE THIS;WE SHOULD NOT BE TOO EGOTRIC IN LIFE. IF YOU HAVE A WIFE AND YOU KNOW ,YES YOU ARE THE HEAD OF THE HOUSE. IF YOUR WIFE BECOMES VIOLENT, AND PEOPLE NOW COME TO YOU AND SAY, STAY OFF AND ALLOW YOUR WIFE TO BE FOR PEACE TO REIGN. YOU MUST LISTEN AND COOL DOWN BECAUSE OF YOUR CHILDREN. WE SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN 2 ELEPHANTS FIGHT, THE GRASS SUFFER. WE ALL SHOULD LEARN TO BE VERY CAREFUL IN DOING THINGS. FIRST CONSIDER THE INTEREST OF PEOPLE ARROUND YOU. JUST LIKE WHEN YOU ARE ON A WHEEL  DRIVING YOUR CAR, CONSIDER THE INTEREST OF OTHER ROAD USERS. THE SCHOOL CHILDREN, PREGNANT WOMEN, THE BLIND AND EVEN OTHER CAR USERS. LET US LEARN TO KNOW THAT WE MUST NOT ALLOW PEOPLE TO BE KILLED AS A RESULT OF OUR OWN SELFISH INTEREST. IT IS ONLY GOD THAT HASSUPREM POWER

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12981300
Even if the negotiations for the departure of Laurent Gbagbo succeed, Ivory Coast is entering a highly dangerous phase.

The use of poorly trained but deadly militias by both sides in the war - and question marks over exactly which forces back Alassane Ouattara - make the future highly uncertain.
Perhaps Ivory Coast will return, in a few years' time, to being a relatively successful economic centre for West Africa.

But perhaps the model to be followed will be here in neighbouring Liberia - where a decade of violent ethnic balkanisation is only now beginning to be resolved.

The coming days and months are likely to be perilous for civilians as possible reprisal attacks take place.

The massacre at Douekoue in the west - where some people were savagely attacked while being burned alive as crowds looked on - was appalling in itself. But it was also a wider warning.
The United Nations is investigating who was responsible for the deaths of at least 160 (and maybe many more) people in Douekoue.

The killings began just hours after the Republican Forces, loyal to Mr Ouattara, swept through on their advance south towards Abidjan.

'Being a foreigner'

On the political front, if and when Mr Ouattara formally takes office, he will face continued opposition. This may include a possible crisis of legitimacy, in some Ivorian eyes, because he was helped to power by foreign military forces.

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He may have been elected to office - but in the end he only finally came to power through the use of local and foreign force”
End Quote Although the French and the UN say they attacked Mr Gbagbo's bases as part of their mandate to protect civilians from heavy weapons, the coincidence of this action with the sweep south of the Republican Forces will have escaped no-one.

Given Ivory Coast's long history of political and ethnic tension, it may not be enough for Mr Ouattara to have won the election and be "the internationally recognised" president.

Indeed, this international seal of approval may be a disadvantage in local political terms.

For almost 20 years Mr Ouattara's political opponents have accused him of being a "foreigner".

He hails from the mainly Muslim north.

But southern politicians have long sought to exclude him from power by saying part of his family is in fact from neighbouring Burkina Faso.

This nationalistic accusation has been very effective in the south even if in the north - and in many urban centres nationwide - Mr Ouattara won a majority of votes in last November's elections.


Controlling his own forces may prove to be a huge challenge for Alassane Ouattara 'Invisible commandos'

If and when the northerner Mr Ouattara formally takes the sash of office he will face enormous challenges. These include:

explaining why he resorted to using militias known as "dozos" - when he had just a few weeks earlier made a speech, while holed up in the Golf Hotel, calling for a new professional, "Republican" armed forcesconvincing radical nationalists in the south that he has not been foisted on them by a conspiracy of foreigners. This was the accusation consistently made by Mr Gbagbo - whether it is true or not it has been an effective political tool
controlling all of the military forces that nominally backed him. It is known that some of the commanders who swept southwards are not part of the formal army officer corps. Some are known on occasions to have disobeyed senior officers' orders - but to have nevertheless retained their power bases
finding a role for the "invisible commandos". Weeks before the main force swept south, these men conquered a large swathe of Abidjan. They were certainly fighting against Mr Gbagbo. But some of them are reported to have denied they are pro-Ouattara
deciding which crimes committed during the fighting should be investigated and prosecuted. Douekoue is just the latest, albeit most shocking example some 500 people were killed or "disappeared" in the months before the big offensive. Most of the known cases were killed by Mr Gbagbo's army and militia. But some of the officers in charge subsequently defected to Mr Ouattara's side. Whether they should be rewarded with jobs in the Republican Forces or taken to court will be a complex political calculation.
Political tightrope

Alassane Ouattara has a reputation as a rigorous, hard-working man.

He's relaxed around conference tables, in formal ceremonies, and while giving speeches.

But this war has thrust him into a world of fighters who wear coils of ammunition around their shoulders and bandanas on their heads.

If and when he takes power he may try to distance himself from the men of violence, even while praising their role, in his words, in "restoring democracy to Ivory Coast".

It's a political tightrope that Alassane Ouattara hasn't walked before.

He may have been elected to office. But in the end he only finally came to power through the use of local and foreign force.

It's all a long way from the boardrooms of the IMF. Mr Ouattara faces a steep learning curve if he is to survive this new world

Makbo:

The problem in Ivory Coast goes futher than a simple elections standoff. That is what Nigerians should understand for good!  In 2002, Gbagbo was already acting president when France perpetrated a coup d'Etat asking him to step down.  At that moment, IC did not have any electoral problem to debate upon, but French government asked President Gbagbo to step down.  Already in 2002, the motto was "step down". Upon Gbagbo's refusal to do so they converted the coup d'Etat into a rebellion in the northern part of Ivory Coast that became the rebellion shrine.  The rebel northern stronghold (60% of the territory) remained out of government control from 2002 to 2010. Rebels were provided weapons and funding by France for eight years.

Makbo:
In November 2004 Gbagbo launched a military action on the North to liberate the country  from rebel ruling, the same France came to rescue the rebel by destroying all the ivorian Air force. Where were you Africans when all that went on?  The AU cynically condemned Gbagbo for attempting to liberate his country. France since then tried to organise hastilly elections in IC so that it could declare Ouattara winner and oust Gbagbo from power, but the ivorian constitution states clearly that no elections can be handled whenever one significative portion of the territoty is out of government control. France then said Gbagbo is hiding behind the Constitution to postpone election. All african nations stand one France's side to sing tha same song. Go back to the news one year ago to have evidence of what western media said and wrote at that time.

Makbo:
Finally Gbagbo accepted to go to election and the UNOCI had to disarm the rebels first. They did not do anything and rebels remained heavily armed. Elections were  handled in the North with massive riggings so that Allassan could be declared winner.  People willing to vote for Gbagbo have been intimidated violated in the poll station. All these frauds have been denounced by AU observers. The Supreme Court took its responsibility to cancel the results where all the fraud has been committed.

Makbo:
Since that decision France declared war to Gbagbo and Ivory Coast. Here are the facts you should be mindful of before diserting uselessly on Gbagbo stepping down. How can the ivorian people can accept this kind of diktat from a bigoted western country who think he is Master in Africa? How long shall they be killing our leaders without any action from our part. Killing Gbagbo will not resolve the ivorian crisis. The thing is Ivorians are fed of French people. 

MyJoe:

The United States, acting in concert with the UK and other Western powers, manipulated Nigeria’s elections chief so that materials did not arrive on time and the election would be postponed so that they can continue to steal Nigeria’s oil! Anybody that refuses to see this FACT is a Western stooge and is blind and is feeding on BBC propaganda. Pure conjecture.
And, pray, WHY does France hate monsieur le professeur Gbagbo so much? Be creative – provide a motive. Oh, I heard someone mention "French business interest". That must be it! Gbagbo refused to protect French businesses in Cote d'Ivoire throughout his time in government and Quatarra has vowed to protect them!
Yeah. Just the small percentage of vote required to give Mr Gbagbo victory was rigged and the rigging just happened at some village in the North where people voted for Quatarra. There was no rigging whatsoever in the areas where people voted for Mr Gbagbo, so the Supreme Court had to step in and act on behalf of God by saving Ivory Coast from the great injustice represented by those figures. Great court!
I wish you had bothered to supply any fact instead of conjectures – America incited Tunisians and Egyptians to go into the streets so that those regimes can fall and Russia and China will lose and America can steal Middle Eastern oil and Nigeria is next and . . .

Honestly, I can’t even tell you how tired and nauseated I am at all these shifting of blames for our problems, created by our own hands, on the West.

Now, please answer the following questions:

[b]* When in the 80’s Gbagbo was arrested on the orders of then Prime Minister Quatarra and France mounted pressure for his release and he was released into exile in Franch, who was called a French puppet then?

* Where did Gbagbo go on exile when he was fighting Houphouet-Boigny?

* When the rebels almost overran Abidjan in 2002 was it not the French troops who created a buffer zone that prevented them from doing so?

* During the last elections, why did Gbagbo hire a French company to run his campaign while Quatarra hire an Ivorien company?

* There was a first round election. When you say “Elections were handled in the North with massive riggings” which round are you referring to, since your candidate did not dispute the first round which he won before Bedie directed his supporters who come from the central part of the country to vote for Quattarra. Can you, sir, demonstrate that the second round results did not correlate with the first round results to prove your assertion of “massive riggings” in the second round?

* Did Gbagbo ask for a recount immediately disputes (inspired by him) broke out or did he not rush straight to his ethnically-bigoted friends in the Constitutional council who declared that the election was rigged, invalidated some votes and then declared him winner based on the same election?

* And, pray, why has your candidate been using murder and intimidation as a means to retain power? How many Ivoriens need die just so monsieur le professeur who is himself no kamikaze can continue to rule? What is wrong with most of these "African leaders"?[/b]