The supporters of Alassane Ouattara deplored, Monday, March 28, there is a "double standard in international mobilization. Lawyers for the Ivorian president recognized by the international community at the expense of the outgoing president, Laurent Gbagbo, want to make it a "legitimate use of force", as in Libya.
"I feel that Côte d'Ivoire became the drama forgotten or overlooked. We launched an operation in Libya, fearing that Gaddafi (...) murdering people in Benghazi, while Laurent Gbagbo has already started and continues murdering people, "said Paul Benoit Mejean during a press conference. "The Ivory Coast international public deserves" and the country's people "a concern at least equal to that enjoyed by the Libyan people unhappy," said Jean-Pierre Mignard.
"Currently, the force is employing Gbagbo must stop. It was not a powerful army against the UN. It is a matter that can take twenty hours", says Benoit, while stressing that such intervention would be "under the law" and with "international consensus". Both lawyers have sent March 9 a "memorandum" to the International Criminal Court (ICC), accusing Gbagbo and his security services of "crimes against humanity." They would like the ICC prosecutor "take hold of himself," without waiting for the Ivory Coast do so, said Mr.
Mignard. The country, which signed the Rome Statute - which created the ICC - has not yet ratified the text because "Parliament is not able" to do so now, "he added. According to him, "the ICC has plenty to assume jurisdiction." "The prosecutor can grasp. Every delay has consequences. We are in a situation of not helping people at risk," stressed the advisor. 
"I feel that Côte d'Ivoire became the drama forgotten or overlooked. We launched an operation in Libya, fearing that Gaddafi (...) murdering people in Benghazi, while Laurent Gbagbo has already started and continues murdering people, "said Paul Benoit Mejean during a press conference. "The Ivory Coast international public deserves" and the country's people "a concern at least equal to that enjoyed by the Libyan people unhappy," said Jean-Pierre Mignard.
"Currently, the force is employing Gbagbo must stop. It was not a powerful army against the UN. It is a matter that can take twenty hours", says Benoit, while stressing that such intervention would be "under the law" and with "international consensus". Both lawyers have sent March 9 a "memorandum" to the International Criminal Court (ICC), accusing Gbagbo and his security services of "crimes against humanity." They would like the ICC prosecutor "take hold of himself," without waiting for the Ivory Coast do so, said Mr.
Mignard. The country, which signed the Rome Statute - which created the ICC - has not yet ratified the text because "Parliament is not able" to do so now, "he added. According to him, "the ICC has plenty to assume jurisdiction." "The prosecutor can grasp. Every delay has consequences. We are in a situation of not helping people at risk," stressed the advisor.
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