IVORY COAST: Cabinet named by presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara after disputed presidential election holds first meeting

Record ID: 1530501

  • Title: IVORY COAST: Cabinet named by presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara after disputed presidential election holds first meeting
  • Date: 7th December 2010
  • Summary: ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST (DECEMBER 6, 2010) (REUTERS) FIRST MEETING OF OPPOSITION GOVERNMENT'S CABINET, OPPOSITION PRIME MINISTER GUILLAUME SORO SEATED AT THE HEAD OF THE TABLE VARIOUS OF CABINET MINISTERS OPPOSITION PRIME MINISTER GUILLAUME SORO MORE OF OPPOSITION CABINET MEETING UNDERWAY (SOUNDBITE) (French) SPOKESMAN FOR OPPOSITION GOVERNMENT, PATRICK ASHI, SAYING "The Prime Minister wished to make contact with members of the government to talk about current issues and take decisions about a number of actions that need to be taken by each of the ministers." VARIOUS OF IVORIAN ARMY SOLDIERS GUARDING OPPOSITION CABINET MEETING TENT ARMED UNITED NATIONS SOLDIERS WALKING IN LINE MORE OF IVORIAN SOLDIERS AT ENTRANCE TO TENT
  • Embargoed: 21st December 2010 22:49
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  • Location: Cote d'Ivoire
  • Country: Cote d'Ivoire
  • Topics: Domestic Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA8ZI11OU893HKSH42O65UTD6NR
  • Aspect Ratio: 4:3
  • Story Text: Ivory Coast's presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara offered government posts on Monday (December 6) to members of his rival Laurent Gbagbo's cabinet, if Gbagbo stepped down.
    It was the latest manoeuvre in a power struggle that has enveloped the West African state since an election that yielded two winners -- Ouattara with international backing, and Gbagbo with the support of the nation's top legal body and military.
    The cabinet named by Ouattara held its first meeting on Monday.
    The Nov. 28 poll was meant to reunite the former regional economic star after a 2002-03 civil war, but analysts warned the dispute could now pit the army against pro-Ouattara rebels, who told Reuters they would defend themselves from any attack.
    The political deadlock gripped the world's top cocoa grower after the Constitutional Council -- run by a Gbagbo ally -- scrapped hundreds of thousands of votes from Ouattara strongholds, reversing provisional results from the election commission that had given Ouattara victory.
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