The post-election crisis trumped up by France and the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, through his Special Representative in Côte d'Ivoire, Choi Young Jin, was the pretext for a portion of the international community, to serve a batch of sanctions on Côte d'Ivoire. To constrain the elected President Laurent Gbagbo to cede the chair losing candidate and his rival, Alassane Ouattara, the presidential November 28, 2010. Back to sanctions ranging from visa bans the embargo on pharmaceuticals, through the economic strangulation of the country.
Two weeks after the presidential elections of 28 November, following threats of sanctions wielded by the United States and the suspension of Côte d'Ivoire by the African Union and ECOWAS on December 7, European diplomacy will meet in Brussels , December 13, 2010, to adopt sanctions against President Laurent Gbagbo, which they refused to recognize the victory of his rival, Alassane Ouattara, recognized by some of the international community.
False accusations
The European Union, through its Foreign Ministers, adopts the visa ban and an assets freeze of President Gbagbo and several Ivorian leaders. In this connection, Catherine Ashton, head of European diplomacy, hoping that "the decision of principle was adopted to convince the Ivorian leaders before we reach that stage of punishment itself." On December 20, 2010, the European Union is implementing its threat. 27 countries of the union decided to deprive President Gbagbo, his wife and 17 other personalities, visas for entry to their territories.
The following day, 21 December, the United States, through Secretary of State, following suit with the European Union, giving the green light to immediate sanctions, to prevent President Gbagbo and thirty persons in his entourage go to the United States. The international community has taken up the cause of her foal, Alassane Ouattara and their obvious desire to destabilize Cote d'Ivoire, published January 14, 2010, a list of 11 state companies and 85 individuals, including ministers Aké N'Gbo government, CEOs of RTI and Fraternité Matin, the ones who suffer and the sanctions of the European Union. Through bans travel to the European Union and the freezing of assets.
The count, as ironic as fallacious, was the refusal to these people and companies involved, to make available "Alassane Ouattara, President recognized by the international community", while President elected by the people of Côte d'Ivoire Laurent Gbagbo is well. The ridiculous thing is that the list of sanctioned among whom the President of the Constitutional Council, Paul Yao N'Dré is derived from the Golf Hotel, headquarters of the virtual government of Alassane Ouattara.
In the same month of January 2011, things will accelerate. On 20 January, the African Union is considering economic sanctions against Côte d'Ivoire. 25, Alassane Ouattara called for a boycott of the export of coffee and cocoa. The multinational Cargill suspends purchase of cocoa from Côte d'Ivoire. It is supported in this action by Washington. The European Union back in the saddle on January 26, brandishing a trade embargo on Cote d'Ivoire. France, which campaigned for an African military intervention in Côte d'Ivoire, to review its position on January 28 and focuses on financial sanctions against the regime of Laurent Gbagbo. All this vast conspiracy Europe will result in the denial of their ships to attend the country's ports.
Pharmaceuticals under embargo
Namely Without Pedro and Abidjan. Worse, the ban on the destination Ivory Coast will extend to all products, whether pharmaceuticals. The European Union will demonstrate his crime against humanity in Côte d'Ivoire, on 10 February. That day, pharmaceuticals from Europe were diverted to the port of Dakar. What cynicism!Meanwhile, France wants absolutely suffocate Côte d'Ivoire, had already activated the Finance Ministers of the UEMOA. Who, December 23, 2010, at the end of their meeting in Bissau, had pledged to recognize the signature of Alassane Ouattara on behalf of Côte d'Ivoire.
A month later, on January 22, 2011, heads of state will follow suit with their ministers, forcing the resignation, the governor of the BCEAO, the Ivorian Henri Philippe Dakoury Tabley. Still in their logic, the temporary headquarters in Dakar, Jean-Baptiste Compared Burkinabe, asked the National Board of Beceao no longer deal with the Ivorian Treasury. What should be the blow to the Ivorian economy. The Government takes its responsibilities and January 25, it proceeds to the nationalization of local branches of the BCEAO. It will follow the successive closing of commercial banks, led by the French subsidiaries, and the SGBCI Biçici. Which in turn were nationalized.
Despite all these conspiracies, the government continued to operate by paying regular salaries to civil servants. Since March 6, President Laurent Gbagbo has issued an order for the takeover by the state, marketing of coffee and cocoa.
THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO TAKE HIS OWN TRAP
Brandishing the freezing of assets against President Gbagbo and personalities who are close to him, the international community thought he had found a way to weaken the regime's leaders. But very quickly, their plan will give way to disillusionment when, after checking, they will realize that neither President Gbagbo nor his family had accounts abroad. Even the travel ban in Europe and the United States will show its limits, since none of these officials has shown his obsession to visit these countries.
"We have nothing in European banks, we can go travel in Europe, like say people close to President Gbagbo. To circumvent the diplomatic isolation of France acknowledged Ally Coulibaly appointed as ambassador to that country, the government takes action. It decided that the entry visas in Cote d 'Ivoire issued by Ally Coulibaly are null and void. A list of nine honorary consulates in France is made public to issue visas.
The Ivorian government will deploy large artillery to counter the economic siege. To have better control of its finances without further contributions, Côte d'Ivoire has decided to freeze the payment of external debt which stood at 350 billion CFA francs.In addition, the country stopped to pay 65% of its foreign reserves to the public treasury, where his French external current account balance was $ 4563 billion CFA francs. At the subregional level, Côte d'Ivoire has broken with headquarters in Dakar and Beceao commandeered the national headquarters and local agencies. French commercial banks in Côte d'Ivoire, and SGBCI Biçici, which came in the closing dance shop, were also nationalized. These various measures create inconvenience and financial imbalances in the UEMOA area.
In terms of petroleum products, the government has decided to UNOCI and Licorne in internal embargo. "We can not continue to supply nationally who subject us to a bottleneck," explained the Minister of Mines and Energy, Kouadio Komoé.
Getting Started with Cocoa Marketing
Slowly but surely, the Ivorian government has the means of resistance. At the embargo on pharmaceuticals, pending a final solution, the government says it can not be a shortage of medicines. The largest piece of the international community has difficulty in swallowing is the ownership of the marketing of coffee and cocoa by the Ivorian government. This new measure, adopted by ordinance on March 6, exposes Europe and the United States to supply problems in their market.
Under its trade embargo with these destinations, Côte d'Ivoire will provide the means to find other partners, especially in Asia, which also represent a very important market. As a result, European and American chocolate makers are likely to turn their thumbs for lack of raw materials. This has an obvious direct financial plan. Since the United States alone buy between 30 and 40% of Ivorian production, through their two giant Cargill and ADM, located in Côte d'Ivoire. With the grip of things by the state, it is clear that President Gbagbo bypasses financial sanctions from the international community.
Since it is the essential element from which France and her accomplices were waiting completely stifle the power in place. With the order of 6 March, President Gbagbo has released one of his wildcards to continue to ensure the financial autonomy of the Ivory Coast. This explains the early reactions of the United States and France, which respectively dealt with the order of March 6 as "theft" and "looting of businesses involved in coffee and cocoa in Cote d'Ivoire".
As seen, the international community that President Gbagbo thought put into difficulty, is caught on its own petard.
Mr. Yevou
Source: Fraternité Matin (Ivory Coast)
Two weeks after the presidential elections of 28 November, following threats of sanctions wielded by the United States and the suspension of Côte d'Ivoire by the African Union and ECOWAS on December 7, European diplomacy will meet in Brussels , December 13, 2010, to adopt sanctions against President Laurent Gbagbo, which they refused to recognize the victory of his rival, Alassane Ouattara, recognized by some of the international community.
False accusations
The European Union, through its Foreign Ministers, adopts the visa ban and an assets freeze of President Gbagbo and several Ivorian leaders. In this connection, Catherine Ashton, head of European diplomacy, hoping that "the decision of principle was adopted to convince the Ivorian leaders before we reach that stage of punishment itself." On December 20, 2010, the European Union is implementing its threat. 27 countries of the union decided to deprive President Gbagbo, his wife and 17 other personalities, visas for entry to their territories.
The following day, 21 December, the United States, through Secretary of State, following suit with the European Union, giving the green light to immediate sanctions, to prevent President Gbagbo and thirty persons in his entourage go to the United States. The international community has taken up the cause of her foal, Alassane Ouattara and their obvious desire to destabilize Cote d'Ivoire, published January 14, 2010, a list of 11 state companies and 85 individuals, including ministers Aké N'Gbo government, CEOs of RTI and Fraternité Matin, the ones who suffer and the sanctions of the European Union. Through bans travel to the European Union and the freezing of assets.
The count, as ironic as fallacious, was the refusal to these people and companies involved, to make available "Alassane Ouattara, President recognized by the international community", while President elected by the people of Côte d'Ivoire Laurent Gbagbo is well. The ridiculous thing is that the list of sanctioned among whom the President of the Constitutional Council, Paul Yao N'Dré is derived from the Golf Hotel, headquarters of the virtual government of Alassane Ouattara.
In the same month of January 2011, things will accelerate. On 20 January, the African Union is considering economic sanctions against Côte d'Ivoire. 25, Alassane Ouattara called for a boycott of the export of coffee and cocoa. The multinational Cargill suspends purchase of cocoa from Côte d'Ivoire. It is supported in this action by Washington. The European Union back in the saddle on January 26, brandishing a trade embargo on Cote d'Ivoire. France, which campaigned for an African military intervention in Côte d'Ivoire, to review its position on January 28 and focuses on financial sanctions against the regime of Laurent Gbagbo. All this vast conspiracy Europe will result in the denial of their ships to attend the country's ports.
Pharmaceuticals under embargo
Namely Without Pedro and Abidjan. Worse, the ban on the destination Ivory Coast will extend to all products, whether pharmaceuticals. The European Union will demonstrate his crime against humanity in Côte d'Ivoire, on 10 February. That day, pharmaceuticals from Europe were diverted to the port of Dakar. What cynicism!Meanwhile, France wants absolutely suffocate Côte d'Ivoire, had already activated the Finance Ministers of the UEMOA. Who, December 23, 2010, at the end of their meeting in Bissau, had pledged to recognize the signature of Alassane Ouattara on behalf of Côte d'Ivoire.
A month later, on January 22, 2011, heads of state will follow suit with their ministers, forcing the resignation, the governor of the BCEAO, the Ivorian Henri Philippe Dakoury Tabley. Still in their logic, the temporary headquarters in Dakar, Jean-Baptiste Compared Burkinabe, asked the National Board of Beceao no longer deal with the Ivorian Treasury. What should be the blow to the Ivorian economy. The Government takes its responsibilities and January 25, it proceeds to the nationalization of local branches of the BCEAO. It will follow the successive closing of commercial banks, led by the French subsidiaries, and the SGBCI Biçici. Which in turn were nationalized.
Despite all these conspiracies, the government continued to operate by paying regular salaries to civil servants. Since March 6, President Laurent Gbagbo has issued an order for the takeover by the state, marketing of coffee and cocoa.
THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO TAKE HIS OWN TRAP
Brandishing the freezing of assets against President Gbagbo and personalities who are close to him, the international community thought he had found a way to weaken the regime's leaders. But very quickly, their plan will give way to disillusionment when, after checking, they will realize that neither President Gbagbo nor his family had accounts abroad. Even the travel ban in Europe and the United States will show its limits, since none of these officials has shown his obsession to visit these countries.
"We have nothing in European banks, we can go travel in Europe, like say people close to President Gbagbo. To circumvent the diplomatic isolation of France acknowledged Ally Coulibaly appointed as ambassador to that country, the government takes action. It decided that the entry visas in Cote d 'Ivoire issued by Ally Coulibaly are null and void. A list of nine honorary consulates in France is made public to issue visas.
The Ivorian government will deploy large artillery to counter the economic siege. To have better control of its finances without further contributions, Côte d'Ivoire has decided to freeze the payment of external debt which stood at 350 billion CFA francs.In addition, the country stopped to pay 65% of its foreign reserves to the public treasury, where his French external current account balance was $ 4563 billion CFA francs. At the subregional level, Côte d'Ivoire has broken with headquarters in Dakar and Beceao commandeered the national headquarters and local agencies. French commercial banks in Côte d'Ivoire, and SGBCI Biçici, which came in the closing dance shop, were also nationalized. These various measures create inconvenience and financial imbalances in the UEMOA area.
In terms of petroleum products, the government has decided to UNOCI and Licorne in internal embargo. "We can not continue to supply nationally who subject us to a bottleneck," explained the Minister of Mines and Energy, Kouadio Komoé.
Getting Started with Cocoa Marketing
Slowly but surely, the Ivorian government has the means of resistance. At the embargo on pharmaceuticals, pending a final solution, the government says it can not be a shortage of medicines. The largest piece of the international community has difficulty in swallowing is the ownership of the marketing of coffee and cocoa by the Ivorian government. This new measure, adopted by ordinance on March 6, exposes Europe and the United States to supply problems in their market.
Under its trade embargo with these destinations, Côte d'Ivoire will provide the means to find other partners, especially in Asia, which also represent a very important market. As a result, European and American chocolate makers are likely to turn their thumbs for lack of raw materials. This has an obvious direct financial plan. Since the United States alone buy between 30 and 40% of Ivorian production, through their two giant Cargill and ADM, located in Côte d'Ivoire. With the grip of things by the state, it is clear that President Gbagbo bypasses financial sanctions from the international community.
Since it is the essential element from which France and her accomplices were waiting completely stifle the power in place. With the order of 6 March, President Gbagbo has released one of his wildcards to continue to ensure the financial autonomy of the Ivory Coast. This explains the early reactions of the United States and France, which respectively dealt with the order of March 6 as "theft" and "looting of businesses involved in coffee and cocoa in Cote d'Ivoire".
As seen, the international community that President Gbagbo thought put into difficulty, is caught on its own petard.
Mr. Yevou
Source: Fraternité Matin (Ivory Coast)
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