Philip Henry Dacoury-Tabley, the Ivorian governor of the Central Bank of the States of West Africa (BCEAO), close to President Laurent Gbagbo out, resigned Saturday under pressure heads of state met in West Africa Summit in Bamako. Philip Henry Dacoury-Tabley resigned himself, said a statement issued at the end of the summit of leaders of the eight member countries of the Economic and Monetary Union of West Africa (UEMOA) in Bamako, the BCEAO the issuing bank.He took this decision after hearing "the report on non-implementation of decisions taken by the Council of Ministers" of the UEMOA, says the text read by the chairman of the regional financial institution, Soumaila Cisse. The summit also decided to ask Alassane Ouattara, known as the President of Côte d'Ivoire by the international community to appoint a new governor of the BCEAO.
The position of Philip Henry Dacoury-Tabley as governor of the BCEAO, a position he held for two years, was also untenable in the wake of the sanctions that were imposed Friday by the European Union (EU) ban travel and freeze his assets. It was added to the list of nearly 90 people, including Laurent Gbagbo himself hit by the sanctions.
His forced resignation is a victory for the camp Alassane Ouattara, who was represented in Bamako by Prime Minister Guillaume Soro, the only representative also Côte d'Ivoire. For its part, the Gbagbo government "rejects the forced resignation" of the governor and "continues to challenge" the decision of the Finance Ministers of the UEMOA, said Saturday his spokesman, Ahoua Don Mello.
In a statement to the Ivorian television, he recalled that the Gbagbo government "had already intervened to challenge the said decision (23 December), which remains illegal, null and void." It was alleged that Mr Dacoury-Tabley not having implemented a decision of the UEMOA 23 December Alassane Ouattara to give all powers to manage on behalf of his country's affairs related to this institution and the BCEAO.
Such a decision means in particular that Mr. Ouattara and those he has appointed are the only authorized, on behalf of their country, to gain access to accounts Ivorian Central Bank of West Africa. However, 60 to 100 billion CFA francs (91.5 to 152,400,000 euros) were disbursed by the BCEAO in favor of the Gbagbo regime since then.
In their communique, the leaders of the UEMOA invite "President Gbagbo to respect the outcome" of the November 28 presidential, "and making a peaceful transition of power." Cut off the Gbagbo regime is regarded by the international community as a key strategy to drive him to cede power peacefully to Mr.
Ouattara and avoid resorting to military intervention for the West African dislodge an option. Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga, the envoy of the African Union (AU), which failed in two recent missions in Abidjan to convince Mr. Gbagbo to leave, pleaded Friday for a diplomatic isolation and economic sanctions and increased financial.
He presented the military option as a "last resort". The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has threatened to militarily overthrow Gbagbo refuses to cede power since he was declared winner of presidential elections by the Constitutional Council as the Election Commission said Ouattara elected.
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