Ivory Coast PM & cabinet resign
The PM of Ivory Coast, Guillaume Soro and his Cabinet resigned. Mr. Soro held that he
could no longer exercise his executive powers. His departure is expected to pave the
way for the formation of a broader coalition government after Parliamentary elections
in 2011. It will allow the President Alassane Ouattara to appoint a PM from the party of
the former President Henri Konan Bedie which came second to Mr. Ouattara’s party.
Back-grounder:
Mr Ouattara’s election victory was disputed by Laurent Gbagbo, his rival who had been
President since 2000 and was unwilling to surrender power. The power struggle
triggered a bloody four-month conflict which ended in April 2011 with Gbagbo’s
capture. Gbagbo is currently in jail awaiting trial at the International Criminal Court in
The Hague where he faces war crimes charges.
the world’s biggest producer of Cocoa, as it was recently making news because about 89 per cent of
children in this country were involved in growing cocoa, violating Child Labour Norms------------Ivory Coast
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