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COTE D'IVOIRE: Sarko WITH THE "GOOD" AGAINST THE "EVIL"?

COTE D'IVOIRE: HUNDREDS OF DEAD.

FOR THAT, FOR WHAT?

The dramatic events of Côte d'Ivoire had a curious media coverage in France, television and newspapers "do-gooders" were trumpeted at the outset the speech will worry War Sarkozy and his ministers on the need for installed to power the paladins of the Western world, Ouattara, former deputy director of the IMF, Soro, former head of the rebels still armed North, elected officials, we swear, some with a majority, since stakeholders are saying.

past month, the media hype in favor of Ouattara was indecent in France. More curious was, throughout the month of December, the nearly complete silence analysts "progressive" anti-imperialist ", call them what you will, that typically react to disasters expeditiously Africa: no testing clear, or little, FCP, in humanity, or in multiple Internet channels that abound today. The embarrassment was palpable, you could say that in Abidjan was attacked nice, which is the evil aggressor in a conflict ever more aggressive: only the loser is obvious, it is called the Ivorian people. It took the news most progressive parties in the region to finally have a clear denunciation of the game from the West and its allies in Côte d'Ivoire.

must therefore recall some evidence hidden by the media. In the last electoral contest conducted in Côte d'Ivoire, after 5 years of waiting, the candidate of the West, more faithful to the requirements of imperialism, the IMF, he was an officer, Ouattara was supported by the surplus Bedié, heir to the anti Houphouet Boigny, and the secessionists with weapons in the north, the "New Forces, armed groups always present in the region. In the second round of the election, a voter-imperialist Ivorian could only vote for the competitor Ouattara, even without illusions.

Laurent Gbagbo, the outgoing president, has a history of progressive activist, links to some socialist "left" as Emmanuelli. He definitely tried early in his mandate some progressive socialist reforms (health insurance), measures aborted because of the economic collapse of the country. His bad relations with France official (as Chirac and Villepin), and even the outbreak of the insurgency " New Forces "in the North began when he opened the bidding for major projects of the port of Abidjan to external competitors (Chinese), whereas they were previously a market for French companies (Bouygues, etc.). That said, the narrow nationalism of Gbagbo and his entourage morning evangelism in the American, has largely drifted demagogic verbiage, even xenophobic, and willingness to remain in power at any cost, whatever the consequences for population.

Election Ivorian end of 2010 shows the lies of the Western discourse which confuses the multiparty system and democracy in Africa and elsewhere. What

of democratic poll where you can choose only between two candidates politically damaging?

What democracy is there when most voters are so miserable that just a t-shirt or a bowl of rice to buy a vote?

Is this a democratic choice when a lack of clear issues on programs leads to the following votes ethnicity or religion (Muslim north against Christians and animists Baoulés)?

pressures, including physical, did not fail to Abidjan where supporters of Gbagbo predominate, but, contrary to what was said on French television, proclaimed the results are so pure in the north controlled by the militants armed Forces News?

can extend credit to small claims to the contrary of the protagonists. But it is in any case certain that the Ivorian people has everything to lose a civil war or a partition of the country, some in the West want, as they wish in Sudan (South programmed independence) or the Congo, to facilitate their business. The problem can be solved by Ivorians, for negotiation between stakeholders, possibly arbitration by the African Union, and not a few heads of state pro-Western Sub-region (Wade, Boni and ECOWAS). But any foreign military intervention in favor of a protagonist can only lead to a surge of nationalism and a bloodbath.

That is what may lead proclamations irresponsible Sarkozy, then France and its soldiers, ex-colonial power that was already fire on demonstrators in Abidjan in Ivory Coast, Chirac is totally disqualified for intervene in an internal conflict. One of the supporters of Gbagbo, sometimes less inspired, was not wrong to remember that the Ivorian president was not a sub-prefect of the French orders Elysee.

Posted by FRANCIS ARZALIER