Is Alassane Ouattara the right man for Ivory Coast? Is him that the Ivorians have tried to give as leader to work for their welfare and that of the nation? This question is not coincidental. It is even relevant in view of recent Ivorian news development .
The RDR his political party, seems to provide the answer, tries, ineptly, to come to the rescue of a regime caught up in the turmoil of a boiling social front . RDR, accuses the ruling Ivorian Popular Front (FPI), the party of Laurent Gbagbo, the main opposition party, to be at the basis of untimely triggered strikes lately. Strikes for which Mr. Ouattara still can not find solutions. Yet he boasted of being the "solution for the Ivory Coast ."
"General strike announced in the Health and Education sectors: these pro-Gbagbo who want to paralyze the country", "Strike at National Eduction and Health, the RDRaccusing : the FPI is pulling the strings," headlined respectively '' Le Patriote'' and''le jour plus '' , newspapers close to the RDR, the party in "power". The RDR Daily ,'' La Matinale'' abounds in the same direction: "Claims ups, vigilance! These strikes are not innocent. "
As if that was not enough a press conference is even given at the RDR HQ by Joel N'Guessan, chief spokesman of the party. "It is the FPI which is manipulating these unions," he proclaims. While it was expected that it brings to the opinion irrefutable evidences that union leaders have aquaintance with the FPI which they receive orders, what did we have?
A mental gymnastics to justify the unjustifiable. Worst an exercise in falsification of the history of Ivory Coast. "At the time, Gbagbo told the officials that he'll give them nothing. President Ouattara has decided to give them a bit. Against all odds, they went on strike. This is proof that the mobile is purely political, " he says . Adding that unions are "(...) corporatist groups driven essentially by proved militants of the former ruling party," without giving any proof of its claims that sound like the sole purpose distortion is make Laurent Gbagbo be the scapegoat of Ouattara failure. Again and again the same pro-Gbagbo!
However, we know very well that these strikes are only a reflection of Ivorian society full of doubt, and decaying prey to social misery under the weight which it suffocates. These officials and agents of the State who have the courage to shout their "ras-le-bol", braved all kinds of threats from the regime to show in the face of the world their suffering - not to mention thousands of other Ivorian suffering in silence and total destitution - are in fact the vast majority of Ivorian disappointed and outraged by the approximate governance of Alassane Ouattara.
Less than two years were enough for the truth to catch up with one that has reached the highest office in Ivory Coast after the bombing of the French army on residence of the official President Laurent Gbagbo.
Thus the RDR argues that all Ivorian claim to improve their wages, so their lives are manipulated by the FPI!
As can be observed in this party whose links with the armed rebellion that has spoiled the country, the red line between the political field and the union is quickly crossed . By lack of arguments. Proof of their incompetence, but also the panic that seizes them suddenly. We must also see in these hazardous outputs a scathing confession : Their mentor Alassane Ouattara suffers from its unpopularity reinforced by its shortcomings in political management . He has - first - to face not only his disappointed supporters, those who formerly worn by subjective considerations, believed in this pseudo "messiah." On the other hand, there are the rest of Ivorians who have not necessarily supported him and whom he has yet been imposed to(By the so called international community). They are increasingly convinced that Mr. Ouattara has no viable solution either for them or for Ivory Coast. Hence the widespread concern of Ivorians about their future with Ouattara more inclined to please his foreign sponsors than worrying about the welfare of the Ivorian.
In fact, what Alassane Ouattara and his RDR party are really worth of on the Ivorian political scene?
54% with those of its ally Konan Bedie, according to figures from Youssouf Bakayoko. 32% alone (without the voice of PDCI), according to figures from the first round of the vote against 46% for Laurent Gbagbo alone, according to Mr. Youssouf Bakayoko figures. Figures obtained after an election that continues to generate controversy.
The Italian Journal "RESET" in an article titled: "Laurent Gbagbo and the right to difference" denounces manipulation the community called "international" and tells about the famous presidential election, 2010: "It was clear that holding elections in the presence of an armed rebellion in the north who supported Mr. Ouattara as a candidate was not promising electoral exercise (...) ". It goes further by saying: "More than half of these organizations (different observation missions ) denounced the grave circumstances in which the elections took place in the north of the country under rebel control." You can also read: The African Union, which saw two of its observers abducted and released with the help of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) writes: "The mission with regret found violence with a serious loss of life, physical integrity violations, abductions, intimidation, kidnapping and attempted destruction of election materials. Many elements that should be a concern for competent bodies in order to determine the overall impact on the outcome of elections.
In the end, what did we get right? A "loner" proclamation of Mr. Youssouf Bakayoko results supposed to be those of the presidential election at Mr. Ouattara HQ, followed by French dropping bombs on the residence of Laurent Gbagbo(who was reclaiming a recount of the disputed results which he believed has won according to the constitutional council decision based of cancellation of the irregular votes in the North as reported by independent observers) , then his capture and imprisonment, pure and simple.
So then became head of the Ivorian state Mr Ouattara. The forceps.
And since the Ivorians have repeatedly demonstrated their antipathy to the new ruling class he represents.
The legislative elections referred to as "electoral desert" through the fiasco of the recent parliamentary by RDR (zero of six seats ) and now widespread social discontent, challenge more than one observer on the magnitude of the socio -politic crisis faced by Côte d'Ivoire.
Today, Mr. Ouattara's RDR party and its allies - short for "solutions" are caught by the harsh reality of the Ivorian political field in which they are struggling, they are caught in their own trap.
Suppose for a moment that all these strikers are actually "guided" by the FPI party which the regime said claim is dead and buried. While the FPI, the main opposition party has brilliantly succeeded in uniting this important Ivorian fringe around his leader Laurent Gbagbo to the detriment of Alassane Ouattara who does not reassures at all or very little.
Yet the reality is, inevitable. The strikers are demanding what they were promised by the State of Coast and just waiting for the obtaining of the completion point of the HIPC initiative, to be translated into action, been granted to them. Nothing more.
In a law abiding , it is discussed in a calm and straightforward. Instead of veiled threats and imprisonment of strikers.
On the question, Joel N'Guessan, spokesman RDR support after reaching the completion point of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative (HIPC), the government had two choices: increase immediately salaries of civil servants or postpone it, by making investments(notice that he said earlier " At the time, Gbagbo told the officials that he'll give them nothing. President Ouattara has decided to give them a bit. Against all odds, they went on strike. This is proof that the mobile is purely political, " so is it political motivated or a legitimate revendication when we know that the price all has increased in the country but salaries remain low ?).
In any event, Ouattara at the foot of the wall. Ivorians watch him and are eager to see his promises. They still doubt he is capable, as he claims, to carry the Ivorian ship safely . So they are convinced that everything that interests Ouattara is to hunt down and imprison supporters of his opponent Laurent Gbagbo himself deported to the Hague, where he has been detained for more than a year.
They are more numerous, the Ivorians who are wondering what can they expect with Alassane Ouattara, whose dictatorial regime is disintegrating .
Marc Micael La Riposte
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