Folks,
This is a serious matter and the stand for Britain with France MUST BE firmly reinforced and applied without giving Mr Gbagbo opportunity to compromise and negotiate for stay to form a coalition.
Mr. Gbagbo must be forced to relinquish power and hand over to Alassane Ouattara.
We have first hand experience with Kenya, where the incumbent stole election and forced himself to remain in power, then refused to share 50/50 control in the formation of the Coalition Government for purposes to evade Civil War. But since then, situation got worse by day, now 3 (three) years since. Many key evidence have been destroyed, which turned out to open floodgate for more corruption by Chinese prisoners and Somali Pirates, with Al-Qaeda and Al-Shabaab being sneakily and corruptly imported to Kenya and Libya along with their Business Undercover Partners ponder and stole public wealth and resources. The confirmation which can be seen in such like the invasion of Lake Victoria Mining Company continue in blood money business, The Lake Victoria Fisheries, the hijacking of Migingo, the stealing of Gold, Mineral, Natural Resources and Land for Agriculture, under “Public Property Theft” scenario to be acquired in a hurry for them to complete unfished business of Corruption and Impunity. Other cases are such the exchange of Arms sale for continuous Civil War before Ocampo saved the situation through ICC Hague.
Mr Gbagbo and Special Interest of unscrupulous foreign Investors must be curtailed and Gbagbo be forced to relinquish power. If not, more lives will perish like in the case of Kenya by assassination and in slow death through faked Malaria and HIV/AID funding and by the engagement in unfairly land acquisition through “Public Property Theft”, destroying possible evidence against them on Human Rights Violation and Crime against humanity. This state-of-affair catastrophic and it provides for an expanded room for Publics Financial wealth and kitty to be heavily looted and raped before these looters can be finaly be removed out of power.
It is safer and better to strike the iron while it is hot.
To save a situation and bring about security, it is urgently important for Nations of the World to come together and FORCE Gbagbo out of power. This MUST be an applicable norm from now onwards, specifically on African Leaders who force themselves to remain in power even after they have been forced out by Majority Public Vote in the balot. This change of pattern by applying force, will offer a solution show-case that which will eliminate TERRORISM and CIVIL WAR in Africa, and will be the only antidote for Peace, Unity and sustainable Business Development among Nations of the world in a fair business level field competition.
Mr. Gbagbo MUST NOT BE COMPROMISED WITH for the sake of poor African lives and wealth which are presently at stake. Poor Africans in Africa are being hunted to perish so to vacate land to the wealthy super rich of the world. THIS MUST BE PUT TO A STOP.
May we all in the world, enjoy Peace and Love of God as we enter the year of 2011.
Thank you all once again to all those who have dedicated their time and wealth to stand by the poor Africans in Africa, to bring sanity and to intervene and provide the needed peace and security badly needed there.
May the Almity God Bless you all in a special way more in abudantly.
Sincerely,
Judy Miriga
Diaspora Spokesperson
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
USA
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Britain would support military action in Ivory Coast Britain is prepared to support military action to force Laurent Gbagbo to relinquish power in Ivory Coast, according to William Hague.
By James Kirkup, and Aislinn Laing 4:43PM GMT 31 Dec 2010
Mr Hague, the foreign secretary, also confirmed that a British military officer has been sent to Ivory Coast to work on “contingencies” alongside France, the former colonial power.
Mr Gbagbo’s Ambassador to London has also been asked to leave the country, with the Foreign Office indicating they will officially recognise his opponent Alassane Ouattara’s envoy instead.
Ecowas, a 15-nation bloc of West African states, has suggested that military action could be taken to force Mr Gbagbo to stand down and allow Mr Ouattara, who is widely accepted as the legitimate victor in last month’s poll, to take up the presidency.
The body’s defence ministers met on Friday and agreed they were prepared to use force if further talks planned for Monday fail.
Mr Gbagbo’s supporters have signalled that he is not backing down and are threatening an attack today on the Golf Hotel where Mr Ouattara is holed up.
Mr Gbagbo, who faced calls to quit by midnight, appeared to offer some concession on Friday night by proposing a recount of the vote of the disputed election, although he did not elaborate on details.
“We are negotiating. I ask myself why those who claim to have beaten me oppose a recount of the votes,” he said.
Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations Secretary-General, called on Charles Blé Goudé, Mr Gbagbo’s youth minister, to “refrain from such dangerous irresponsible action” amid fears that the 800 peacekeeping troops surrounding the hotel would be forced to repel the attack, sparking civil war.
Mr Hague said that Britain would back military action sanctioned by the United Nations, and help win UN approval for such a course.
“They would be well advised to seek the authority of the UN to do that and we would be supportive of that at the UN,” he said. “Through all possible diplomatic means, we are supporting a resolution of this crisis.”
He insisted however that “we are a long way” from British forces being sent to the region.
Britain has signed a new military co-operation pact with France, pledging that both countries would support each other in military actions overseas.
France has military forces in Ivory Coast and British officials said the agreement has made it more likely that Britain would assist in any French-led operation there, possibly providing transport and logistical support.
Ouattara supporters take over Ivory Coast’s Paris embassy Supporters of Ivory Coast’s internationally accepted president Alassane Ouattara peacefully took over their country’s Paris embassy on Monday after loyalists of rival Laurent Gbagbo left.
Those calling for military action in cote d’ivoire are those who believed that ouattara should have won at any cost but they failed to realise that expectation and reality are not always the same. In any case even if the election commissioner had announced gbagbo as winner and the constitutional council had announced ouattara as winner the same group that are calling for force today would have told the world that the commissioner is a gbagbo ally and would have called the court an independent body. Let us stop these kind of bias intervention especially in africa. whenever an election is disputed people should discreetly look into the gravity of the complaints before hastily taking side. Anyone who is confident of victory will never be afraid of a recount which will be less costly than a military option. Let the west start these military options in belarussia than africa will follow their lead.