Monday, January 17, 2011

Côte d'Ivoire Laurent Gbagbo seeks to acknowledge defeat and leave power

.- The coalition of political parties that support Alassane Ouattara called to do a "dead country" in Ivory Coast on Tuesday, "to rival" Laurent Gbagbo "acknowledge defeat and leave power" in a statement released on Sunday. The call to cease the work coincides with the visit of African Union mediator, the Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga earlier this week expected in Abidjan to find a peaceful solution to the crisis generated by the presidential election on November 28 .

The coalition called a general strike between 27 and 30 December, with little success. Both Alassane Ouattara, head of state recognized as legitimate by the international community, as the outgoing president, Laurent Gbagbo, claiming victory in the elections.

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