Presidential election in Côte d'Ivoire: ex-president Laurent Gbagbo calls for dialogue

Former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo, January 28, 2016, during a hearing at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, the Netherlands. (Illustrative image) ICC-CPI

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For twenty years, each election in Côte d'Ivoire has been marked by electoral violence. And there is a tendency to generalize this violence, underlines Laurent Gbagbo in a press release. The former head of state is worried about the warning signs and calls on the various political, but also religious actors as well as civil society to dialogue to learn from the past.

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What we also must not forget is that the injuries of 2010 are still present in Côte d'Ivoire and it is important that we can evacuate these injuries, these pains. It is therefore a question of speaking to all people from all components of Ivorian society. And for his responsibility, he wants to assume it.

Justin Katinan Koné, spokesperson for Laurent Gbagbo

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