Headlines: Gbagbo unconfined

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By: Norbert Navarro

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Laurent Gbagbo is free to leave Belgium. The International Criminal Court revokes the main restrictions it had imposed last year on the former Ivorian president.

As the tip “in the news” Soir Info, this is Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Blé Goudé “now free to move.” It was a “thunderbolt at the ICC yesterday! ", Launches" in One "this independent Ivorian newspaper.

"  The ICC Appeals Chamber is modifying the conditions for the release of Gbagbo and Blé Goudé,  " noted in the front page the daily Le Sursaut , which is rather close to the current Ivorian government.

For its part, the press close to Laurent Gbagbo shows off

"  The Gbagbo champion finally free  ", launched Le Nouveau Courrier .

"  Finally! ", Heightens the daily newspaper Today , by indicating that Abidjan, yesterday,"  started with the announcement of the lifting of part of the measures which weighed still against the freedom of the former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo and his minister Charles Blé Goudé  ”. According to him, "  it is a huge earthquake five months before the presidential election  ". For Today , no doubt, "  it is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful pages in the political battles of Laurent Gbagbo which has just been written (It) has (…) won  ". This daily believes that "  more than ever, the counters are reset. And Laurent Gbagbo, whom everyone thought was foreclosed for this presidential election, is now one of the big favorites  . ”

Today also publishes a message posted on a social network by Ahoua Don Mello and in which this ex-minister of Laurent Gbagbo (and current adviser to the Guinean president Alpha Condé) predicts that “  never again will an African leader go to the ICC because he wants sovereignty for his people  . "

God's time

Politics, therefore, but faith too. Because this decision of the ICC is also seen by a part of the "blue press" as a divine sign. Being reminded that Laurent Gbagbo was born on May 31 - it's Sunday - and that such a birthday is celebrated, the daily Le Temps gives thanks by presenting this decision of the ICC as a "  birthday present from God to Laurent Gbagbo  ", a"  big victory for the president of the FPI ", the" victory of the truth over the lie  ". For Le Temps , “  victory belongs to those who have the favor of God (…) We must do our will. We cannot prevent what God has planned (…) this time of God has just done his work. It is indeed the Ivory Coast that will be better off,  ”he states.

"  Gbagbo and Blé Goudé free ...  ", launches Le Nouveau Réveil , on the front page of which ex-president Henri Konan Bédié, president of the PDCI, the former single party created by Félix Houphouët-Boigny, invites the Ivorians to savor "  together in peace this immense joy  ”.

Close to the PDCI, Le Nouveau Réveil publishes the message from President Bédié who believes that "  we now hold one of the keys to our national reconciliation  " and who wishes "  a good return to Côte d'Ivoire for President Laurent Gbagbo and the President Charles Blé Goudé  ”.

Gbagbo, the return?

Precisely, Laurent Gbagbo will he return to Côte d'Ivoire? According to the Audace 24 site , Laurent Gbagbo, last night, "  gave instructions " to his lawyer Emmanuel Altit so that the latter went without delay "to  seek his documents, including his passport  " at the ICC registry.

Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Blé Goudé… “  Will Abidjan take the risk of welcoming them ?  Wonders the Burkinabe newspaper Le Pays  ? According to this Ouagadougou daily, this decision of the ICC will, undoubtedly, "  disturb ADO's sleep (...) now faced with a dilemma. (…) If he accepts that the two politicians set foot on Ivorian soil again, ADO runs the risk of causing his fragile health dolphin to fail in the next presidential election (…) But if he refuses (…) he could provoke the wrath (of) supporters (of Laurent Gbagbo) (…) It must be recognized that it will not be easy for the power to prevent this old wolf of the Ivorian political scene from disturbing the tranquility of his campaign team for the presidential of 2020. Suffice to say that ADO has work to do. (…) This decision (…) is a cold shower for ADO and its supporters, (…) the Gbagbo camp is now fully inflated  ”, underlines Le Pays.

Gbagbo unconfined? It remains to be seen now who will taste the decay…

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