Not to worry: elections are being held left and right with varying outcomes. That in Côte d’Ivoire left the people Mugabe’ed or Kibakied, whichever you like. Do not mind the motions of support trickling there from ‘social democratic’ and ‘leftwing’ groupings. The Biyas, Wades and others of the same feathers are chuckling in amusement at the fact that they are usually confronted by noises about commitment to values like social justice, democracy, liberty, mutual obligation, opportunity for all, responsibility… The ‘left-wingers’ may retort that it is precisely because of these values that they refuse to hand-over power on a platter of gold to the other side, whatever the decision of the people. Pity for those who thought that ‘leftwing’ politics could bring progress to Africa; pity for Africa and the prospect for continental peace and tranquillity!
I would like to examine recent postings on Côte d'Ivoire's (CI) current political imbroglio.
First, I think there are at least two possible justifications other than "northern bias" for Ouattara's choice of Soro as prime minister. Admittedly, I neither know nor believe I can know his real intentions: (1) First, Ouattara may have been responding to Gbagbo's intransigence by allying himself overtly with the head of the former rebellion: a means to shore up his position against a possibly violent response from Gbagbo. We should remember, too, that an alliance with Soro was also the mediation strategy that led to the creation of a "coalition" regime between Gbagbo and Soro in the first place. Was that strategy any less "pragmatic" for Gbagbo than it may now be for Ouattara? Should Ouattara be faulted for oing the same as Gbagbo, just because both he and Soro are "northern?" Some unexamined ethnic bias may, in fact, lie in the criticism of Ouattara's choice of Soro as prime minister on the grounds that both men are from "the north." I make no accusations. I simply believe that the situation is extremely complex and open to multiple interpretations.
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