.- The president of Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara, has dismissed several senior officials of state institutions in favor of Laurent Gbagbo, local media reported Monday on its website. The destitute were clearly shown and acted in favor of Gbagbo during the five months of institutional crisis and conflict that followed the Ivorian presidential elections on 28 November.
After the elections, Gbagbo, who was ten years in the presidency, refused to recognize the victory of Ouattara and tried, with the support of the military and police, to stay in power despite international recognition of Ouattara as president . Among those dismissed are Laurent Dona Fologo, president of the Economic and Social Council, and Tia Kone, president of the Constitutional Court, to be replaced by Marcel Zadi Kassy and Mamadou Kone, respectively, according to the decree, set out today by the online newspaper Abidjan.
net. Ouattara also dismissed two members of the Constitutional Council Daligou Tano Monoko Kouakou Jacques Andre and Felix, Guei and replaced Hyacinthe François Cabogo Sarassoro. The same decree confirming the appointment of former Prime Minister Charles Konan Banny as president of the Dialogue Commission, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, whose creation Ouattara previously announced.
Moreover, the president appointed Ouattara Henriette Diabaté Dagri-Chancellor of the National Order, a position previously held by Issouf Kone. Ouattara returned to Abidjan on Friday night after a 48-hour visit to Senegal to meet with the president of this country, Abdoulaye Wade. 
After the elections, Gbagbo, who was ten years in the presidency, refused to recognize the victory of Ouattara and tried, with the support of the military and police, to stay in power despite international recognition of Ouattara as president . Among those dismissed are Laurent Dona Fologo, president of the Economic and Social Council, and Tia Kone, president of the Constitutional Court, to be replaced by Marcel Zadi Kassy and Mamadou Kone, respectively, according to the decree, set out today by the online newspaper Abidjan.
net. Ouattara also dismissed two members of the Constitutional Council Daligou Tano Monoko Kouakou Jacques Andre and Felix, Guei and replaced Hyacinthe François Cabogo Sarassoro. The same decree confirming the appointment of former Prime Minister Charles Konan Banny as president of the Dialogue Commission, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, whose creation Ouattara previously announced.
Moreover, the president appointed Ouattara Henriette Diabaté Dagri-Chancellor of the National Order, a position previously held by Issouf Kone. Ouattara returned to Abidjan on Friday night after a 48-hour visit to Senegal to meet with the president of this country, Abdoulaye Wade.
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