Ivory Coast Elections: Who is the Winner?

[Rutashubanyuma]

 

[ghumpi]

Aanzie kenya then aje bongo kupitia Unguja. Kaaz kwel kwe apate tuishen ya siku 2

 

[Geza Ulole]

Wakuu,

Huyu bwana ndiye aliyechukua makaratasi ya matokeo na kuyatupilia mbali kisha akatangaza ya kwake kua Gbagbo kashinda. Yaani afadhali ile ya CCM maana hii ni wazi bin kweupe ...na mtafanzani?

maskini najiskia vibaya jinsi huyo police anavyofadhaika na kitendo cha huyo Mshenzi... hapo anajisemea dhama gani hii inanikuta katika kazi? nashindwa kumshughulikia? facial expression inaonyesha hata huyo police hayuko pamoja na Gbagbo!

 

[Anko Sam]

Na wasi wasi na rangi ya ngozi yetu waafrika, huwenda rangi ya ngozi ina reflect utendaji kazi wa bongo zetu!

 

[Ustaadh]

Earlier, Botswana's President Khama Ian Khama urged African heads of state to strongly condemn what was happening.

He also told the BBC that Mr Gbagbo should step down, saying it was clear a majority of people had voted for Mr Ouattara.

Mr Khama described the situation as a "real tragedy" and urged all African leaders to condemn what is happening.

He also urged the international community not to broker a power-sharing agreement, as it did in Kenya and Zimbabwe.

"Elections there were hijacked by the ruling party and if that's going to happen every time someone wants to dispute an election result and then may stay in power by default through a mechanism of power sharing - it's wrong!" he told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme.

 

[boma2000]

Viongozi wa Kiafrika wana laana, kila anaeingia madarakani hataki kuondoka yuko radhi watu wauane kwa miaka hata 20 kuliko yeye kukubali matokea ambao yatamtoa kwenye kiti cha enzi.
Lakini naona hawa viongozi wanapokuwa madarakani asilimia labda 90 kutumia vibaya madaraka yao ndiyo maana wanaogopa kuachia motorcades, na kiti cha enzi cha utukufu uliotukuka kuliko hata mwenyezi mungu, otherwise, wasingeng'ang'ania kukaa madarakani ' at any cost' ili wasije adhirika kwa kupelekwa mahakamani

 

[Mwikimbi]

nyerere alisemaje kuhusu philophers? hawataki kutawala ila ni watawala wazuri ivo ukiwalazimisha kutawala wanakaa muda mfupi na wanafanya mamabo mazuri halafu wakimaliza kipindi chao siyo vinganganizi wanarudi kubakia philosophers na kuwachia wengine watawale. VIONGOZI WA AAFRIKA SIYO KUNDI HILI NI VILAZA, NA KILAZA KUTAWALA HAWEZI ILA HATAKI KUACHA KUTAWALA MPAKA AONDOLEWE KWA MTUTU WA BUNDUKI

 

[chobu]

SHAME ON YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!Laurent Gbagbo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:deadhorse::deadhorse::deadhorse::deadhorse::deadhorse:

 

[chobu]

yaliyotokea Ivory Coast hayana tofauti na yaliyotokea hapa kwetu Tanzania.... tofauti ni kwamba JK alikuwa mjanja wa kuchakachua mapema kabla ya kutangazwa.....Laurent Gbagbo yeye alichelewa kuchakachua mpaka Tume ikatangaza matokeo; ndio akastuka na kulazimisha ushindi. Kama Tume ya Tanzania ingekuwa imetangaza ushindi kwa CDM halafu JK akatae na kulazimisha ushindi kwa kweli pasingetosha kabisaa!!!!!!!!!!!!! hao waa-ivory coast ni wapole sana!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!wamekubali kunyang'anywa haki yao waziwazi kabisa!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Ab-Titchaz]

Russia 'blocking UN Ivory Coast statement'​

UN diplomats say Russia is blocking a Security Council statement endorsing Ivory Coast opposition candidate Alassane Ouattara as president.

Russia has expressed concern that by declaring Mr Ouattara the winner of last month's disputed election the UN is exceeding its mandate.

However, the US says the UN mission in Ivory Coast is empowered to certify the presidential election.

Incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo is continuing to cling to power.

Earlier, West African regional bloc Ecowas suspended Ivory Coast because of Mr Gbagbo's failure to accept that he lost the election.

Mr Gbagbo defiantly went ahead with the naming of his Cabinet at a ceremony in the presidential palace in the capital Abidjan on Tuesday.

Meanwhile Mr Ouattara held his own Cabinet meeting at a hotel in the city, guarded by the UN.

As the deadlock continued, debate continued for a second day at the UN Security Council in New York, with Russia continuing to express its concern about interfering in Ivory Coast's domestic affairs.

US ambassador to the UN Susan Rice said a peace treaty signed after Ivory Coast's 2002 civil war empowered the UN mission there to certify the election.

She argued that failing to join international calls to respect the results risked exposing the Security Council as impotent.

"This is an important moment for the Security Council. The results are known, the facts are clear, and they need to be acknowledged and respected, that's the position of the United States," she said.

Earlier in the day the UN representative in Ivory Coast told the council that he had double checked the results and was certain that Mr Ouattara had won by a clear margin.

Speaking via video link from Abidjan, Choi Young-jin urged the council to take action against Mr Gbagbo to safeguard the result of the vote.
Ms Rice said she hoped the Security Council debate could resume on Wednesday.

Correspondents say it is unclear what the international community can do if Mr Gbagbo refuses to step down.
At a special summit in Nigeria, Ecowas recognised Mr Ouattara as the Ivory Coast's president-elect and called on Mr Gbagbo to yield power without delay.

Suspending Ivory Coast's membership of the grouping is considered a particularly harsh measure demonstrating that Mr Gbagbo's government is facing criticism from its African neighbours.

BBC News - Russia 'blocking UN Ivory Coast statement'