Sidi, I hope that all of this is not just a front while Gbagbo is still manipulating his followers to continue to agitate. All he has done from the start of this mess shows a pattern of deviousness every time he has supposedly accepted a proposal. I think if his game playing continues, he will loose a lot more than what he has already lost in the long run, while the side effects of violence will be a diservice to Ivory Coast. Jabou In a message dated 1/26/03 1:41:48 PM Central Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: > > It is this perception that the prinicpal players in the CI conflict have > of Gbagbo even before the outbreak of hostilities which has been working > against him. > > IMO, he could have brokered his own peace deal immediately following the > Nation Reconcilation Conference in 2001 chaired by Seydou Diarra, the man > appointed in Paris to head a transition government comprising of all > parties in the conflict. Had he seized that opportunity, he could have > retained all of his powers as President which as you know, under the new > arrangement, he has ceeded a significant part to the new Prime Minister. > He appears to have also lost the Defence and Interior portfolios to the > rebel groups. The wolof saying sums up Gbagbo's predicament: Niitu beh > lakaleh. > > Sidi Sanneh ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~