The Ivorian opposition \u2018Parti des Peuples Africaines \u2013 C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire\u2019 (PPA-CI) of former president Laurent Gbagbo, has denounced remarks made against one of its leaders after a visit to Burkina Faso.<\/p>\n
The secretary general of the PPA-CI, Jean Gervais Tcheide, reacted on Thursday August 1, 2024, following a statement by the main spokesman of the ruling RHDP, Adjoumani Kouassi, who called for Mr. Kone Katinan, a leader of the PPA-CI, to be taken to task by the state.<\/p>\n
\u201cKone Katinan must account to the Ivorian state for the mission he undertook in Burkina Faso. He deserves to be heard by the competent authorities,\u201d said Mr. Adjoumani Kobenan on Wednesday 31 July 2024 at a press conference in Abidjan.<\/p>\n
For Jean Gervais Tcheide, \u201cwhat is being said about him is based on ignorance and political ignorance.\u201d<\/p>\n
Before explaining the purpose of Kon\u00e9 Katinan\u2019s mission to Burkina Faso, he reviewed relations between
\nC\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire and the Alliance of Sahel States (AES).<\/p>\n
\u201cAs far as I know, and as far as the PPA-CI knows, C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire is not at war with any country in the AES, and they are not our enemies, to the extent that when someone goes there, they become persona non grata or public enemy,\u201d he pointed out.<\/p>\n
To date, \u201cC\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire maintains diplomatic relations with Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. There is no rupture (\u2026). So there are no problems between C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire and these countries,\u201d Mr. Tcheide sad responding to critics.<\/p>\n
\u201cBetter still, I understand that the Head of State of C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire has repeatedly invited the President of the Malian Transition, Assimi Go\u00efta, to C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, and that representatives of the AES have been received here in Abidjan,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cMore specifically, Mr. Katinan Kone went to represent Laurent Gbagbo, who was invited by a Burkina Faso association that wanted to honour him in the search for peace and even award him a prize,\u201d explained Jean Gervais Tcheide.<\/p>\n
According to Mr. Tcheide, the President of the PPA-CI \u201csent Mr. Katinan to represent him, and it was in recognition of the tribute paid to Mr. Gbagbo that Minister Katinan thanked his hosts and reminded them that the tribute paid by this association was not the only one.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBetter still, the President of the Transition in Burkina Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traore, in a video that has gone viral, said that Westerners and imperialism are always deceiving us; and when they want to destroy someone, they blacken their image and make them appear to be something they are not,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Ibrahim Traore said: \u201cwho didn\u2019t hate Gbagbo, we were lied to, we were made to hate him. When he said this, he of course recognised a long time later that the damage had been done and that Gbagbo had been the
\nvictim of manipulation,\u201d the secretary general of PPA-CI went on to say.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe ESA countries, which are our brothers, are facing a major threat from terrorist attacks. What\u2019s wrong with an African supporting his African brothers who are up against jihadist movements that are causing mourning and desolation in those countries,\u201d asked Mr. Tcheide.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor those who get on their high horse, to demand and threaten as they know how, we usually leave them and go on our way. Moreover, Gbagbo said it, the only good thing about ECOWAS is that it was created, and
\nit needs to be reformed,\u201d he suggested.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you are tired of waiting for it (ECOWAS) to be reformed, if countries are leaving, then those who have stayed, if you want us to bring back the brothers who have left, it is not by shooting at them, by condemning them to oblivion that we will bring them back,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
For the Secretary General of Gbagbo\u2019s party, \u201cwhen there is a problem, we must have the courage to identify it and deal with it as a community, rather than breaking the thermometer because the baby has a fever.\u201d<\/p>\n
Katinan Kone, who was due to defend his doctoral thesis in economics and management on Wednesday 31 July 2024 on a subject related to land tenure in C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, was unable to present his thesis due to a
\nstudent demonstration at the Universite Felix Houphouet-Boigny in Abidjan, the country\u2019s largest university.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf, by any chance, it was remote-controlled, then those who did it are as if it were a war in the winter, it\u2019s absolutely pointless. Minister Katinan\u2019s thesis will be defended, it has already been drafted, and if it wasn\u2019t done yesterday, it will be done another day under the required conditions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not saying that it\u2019s remote-controlled, but if that were the case, you can wage war on individuals, but you cannot wage war on knowledge,\u201d he added. Fesci, the main student union, stressed that the organisation is \u201capolitical\u201d and seeks only to defend students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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