[ 2011-04-18 ]

Gambia rejects Alassane Ouattara as president of Ivory Coast
The Gambia said on Saturday that it does not
recognize Alassane Ouattara as president of Cote
d’Ivoire after the arrest of his predecessor,
Laurent Gbagbo, with the help of the UN and French
forces.

"The Gambian government will not recognize any
president, President Ouattara included, nor
African government that has been imposed by forces
outside the African continent, no matter the
reason," says the statement.

The Gambian government said that "according to the
Ivorian constitution, Laurent Gbagbo is the
legitimate president of Cote d’Ivoire."

"He cannot be trialed while Alassane Ouattara, the
Ivorian President chosen by the international
community, is still unpunished after massacring
thousands of civilians, only to be president," the
government said.

According to the statement, "the only solution to
avoid a protracted civil war in Cote d’Ivoire...
is to reorganize an election as soon as possible."


“It’s very clear today to all Africans that
the conspiracy to re-colonize Africa is real and
that we must oppose it" it added.



Source: saoti.over-blog.com


Read the full statement below

Gambia Government's position on the tradegy in
Ivory Coast

The events in Ivory Coast have vindicated us on
our earlier assertion that Western neo-colonialist
sponsored agents in Africa that owe allegiance
only to themselves and their Western masters are
ready to walk on thousands of dead bodies to the
Presidency. This is what is happening in Ivory
Coast.

Africans should not only wake up, but should stand
up to the new attempts to re-colonise Africa
through so called elections that are organized
just to fool the people, since the true verdict of
the people would not be respected if it does not
go in favour of the Western backed candidates, as
has happened in Cote D'Ivoire and elsewhere in
Africa.

What is really sinister and dangerous about the
neo-colonialist threat is that they are ready to
use brute force, or carry out outrageous massacres
to neutralize any form of resistance to the
Western selected President as has happened in Cote
D'Ivoire

In Ivory Coast, we know the role played by the
former colonial power who, outside of the UN
mandate, first bombarded the presidential palace
for days, and eventually stormed it through a
tunnel that links the presidential palace to one
of the residences of their diplomatic
representative.

The reasons for the bombardment of the
presidential palace prior to the raid was,
according to them, to prevent Gbagbo using heavy
weapons against civilians! But both the UN and
France were aware of the outrageous massacres of
civilians. Entire villages that supported
President Laurent Gbagbo were wiped out by the so
called republican forces fighting for Ouattara.
Were Gbagbo supporters not supposed to be
protected by both the UN and French forces against
massacres?


These so called republican forces that were
supposed to be fighting for democracy, ended up
killing thousands with impunity and are now
engaged in massive looting!

Our position is very clear. The case of Laurent
Gbagbo is a replica of the case of Patrice Lumumba
who, as a freedom Fighter for the dignity and
independence of not only Congolese people but the
entire black race, was overthrown by Western
powers including the UN, and handed over to his
sworn enemies to be murdered.

History is repeating itself as the same
neocolonial forces that overthrew Patrice Lumumba,
captured him and handed him over to his enemies
almost fifty years ago, are the same forces
involved in the Ivory Coast with the only
difference being that it is now a different former
colonial power.

If justice is to be done, there should be an
impartial and comprehensive investigation into all
the atrocities carried out in Ivory Coast by a
team of honest and decent Allah fearing people.
Alassane Ouattara and his forces cannot go scot
free and blame everything on President Laurent
Gbagbo who according to the Ivorian Constitution
is the legitimate President of Ivory Coast. This
team should be selected by the Non Align
Movement.

One is tempted to ask this question:

How is it possible that the verdict of the
constitutional council that decided on who won the
elections in some Francophone African countries
recently, were accepted - that is after the
election in Ivory Coast - but that of the Ivorian
constitutional council was rejected by both the
Western powers and the UN?

As far as we are concerned, the only solution to
avert a long drawn-out civil war with all its
attendant consequences in Ivory Coast is to
reorganize Presidential elections in the shortest
possible time. In the meantime, an interim
government of national unity should be formed
without Alassane Ouattara, as he also has a lot to
answer for as well.

One thing is very clear to all Africans today –
the plot to recolonise Africa is very real and we
must stand up to it.

It is shameful that the most evil, dictatorial and
repressive powers on earth today are calling
African leaders dictators. It is also very
shocking and interesting as well that the same
powers are not saying anything about the popular
uprising that has been raging on Burkina Faso for
the past three weeks, resulting in the storming of
the presidential palace in Ouagadougou, last
night, with the whereabouts of Blaise Compaore
unknown. This uprising has been going on for more
than three weeks now, and not a single
international news media is reporting on it. Is it
possible in today's world that such an uprising
can take place in a country like Burkina Faso, so
close to the Ivory Coast, a dusk to dawn curfew
imposed for two weeks, without the Western media
including those of the former colonial master
knowing about it?

We the new generation of Africans cannot and will
not be fooled. We know what Blaise Compaore stands
for in Africa with regards to the West.

Captain Thomas Sankara was murdered for standing
up to imperialism and neocolonialism in Burkina
Faso in particular and Francophone Africa in
general. He was killed for the same reasons that
Patrice Lumumba and other African freedom fighters
died for, their killers eventually becoming
presidents in those African countries and working
exclusively for Western interests in Africa.

Blaise Compaore, is one of them. He has a lot to
answer for the civil wars that ravaged Liberia,
Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast then, and now.

That there is such a media blackout of the
uprising in Burkina Faso, but an up-to-the-minute
reporting of events in Yemen, Syria, Ivory Coast
etc. shows that the so called international news
media are the mouth pieces of certain satanic
powers with a sinister mission for the rest of the
world outside the West.

Why can't the West respect Africa's independence
and dignity?

In conclusion, we call on the UN to ensure the
safety, protection, and well being of President
Laurent Gbagbo, the constitutionally legal
President of Ivory Coast, and set him free. He
cannot be tried whilst Alassane Ouattara, the
internationally selected President goes scot free
after massacring thousands of civilians just to be
President!

The Gambia government would not recognize any
president or government in Africa that has been
imposed by forces outside of the African continent
for whatever reason. We know what those
governments and presidents stand for in Africa.
They loot African resources on behalf of the
powers that brought them to power.

May the Almighty Allah guide, guard and protect
Africans by giving us the courage to stand up in
defence of African independence, dignity and the
protection of our natural resources from those
hungry locusts on the rampage in Africa. The road
to total liberation may be tough, but we shall
prevail very soon, Insha Allah.

Banjul, le 16 avril 2011

Source - BBC

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