admind’Ivoire and opposition resolved to revive the dialogue that they had began earlier on, but which stalled along the way.
On December 17, political dialogue began between the Interior Minister Hamed Bakayoko and opposition political parties which are members of the Permanent Dialogue Platform (CPD). “The talks are meant to enable us to iron out our differences.
“We intend to form a working group that will examine various concerns,” Bakayoko explained.
“The discussions are always frank and productive and even though we all do not agree, we end the meetings with practical and concrete recommendations,” the CPD spokesman Kabran Appiah said. He added the objective of the talks is to see how they can resolve issues such as the recomposition of the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) and funding of political parties.
The release of the pro-Gbagbo officials which was one of the major concerns of the opposition political parties has had a positive outcome with the recent decision by the Cote d’Ivoire judiciary to accept the request by their lawyers to set some of them free.
On Thursday last week, eight of them, including ex-regime’s prime minister Gilbert Ake Ngbo were released on bail. According to Constant Assoa, the president of the Pan-African Network of Young Democrats (REPAJED), the release of the officials was a welcome relief for the supporters of the country’s ex-president Laurent Gbagbo.
“The measures to release the former officials, which was taken just before the end of the year, demonstrates the willingness by president Alassane Ouattara’s government to restore peace,” Assoa said. — Xinhua.
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