Y. J. Choi (Special
Representative) insists: "The list of 5.3 million people is credible"

Le Patriote /Source: www.
afreekelection.com »/[excerpt
of SRSG Choi's interview with Afreekelection]

Afreekelection:
The provisional electoral list as it is, is it credible or not? Is it necessary
to audit of it or not?

Y. J. Choi:
This is a good question,
because some points should be clarified. First of all, the list is credible
because the result is based on past achievements. That is to say, the smooth
mobile court operation, everybody welcomed it. Then came the identification
operation, which was very long but resulted in a satisfactory result. Everybody
welcomed it. Afterwards, there was the electoral registration operation, which
had had a good completion. Everyone agreed. All of this resulted in the
production of the provisional electoral list. It is, therefore, reliable. And it
produced the list of 5.3 million people who were cross-checked and confirmed.
And another list, a little over 1 million persons, not yet confirmed. It is
therefore credible. What must be clarified is what are we going to do with both
lists? We can examine both lists through the appeals process, can we not? So it
is not quite correct when we say, we must absolutely preserve the provisional
electoral list. No! It is credible in general; but we can examine both lists in
a credible manner. The problem is that the provisional electoral list, which has
two parts, 5.3 million people and 1 million people, should be examined through
the processing of electoral list appeals, but with the evidence. This is the
fundamental issue. I think everybody agrees. Evidence must be provided. I do not
see many problems if we agree with both clarifications. (...).

Crisis-resolution process-UN
assessment mission expected on 12 April in Abidjan

Le Patriote  -
A multidisciplinary UN
assessment mission will visit Côte d'Ivoire from 12 to 22 April, the spokesman
of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI), Hamadoun Touré,
announced on Thursday. Speaking at the mission's weekly press conference, Mr.
Touré explained the framework for the visit: "At each crucial moment of the
Ivorian process the United Nations sends a mission to assess the situation. That
is the case now, because, technically, we are not far from the elections", he
said. Defining the mission's objective, he said it was coming to conduct an
in-depth examination of the peace process and propose the role which ONUCI can
continue to play to better help Côte d'Ivoire to emerge as quickly as possible
from the crisis. While in Côte d'Ivoire, the spokesman added, the head of the
mission and his delegation, which will number about 20, will hold discussions
with the actors involved in the search for solutions to the Ivorian crisis. (...)
The delegation will also exchange views with the Facilitator of the
Inter-Ivorian dialogue, President Blaise Compaoré of Burkina Faso, Mr. Touré
said. (...) He also provided clarification on implicit and explicit certification.
Mr. Touré explained that in accordance with the resolutions and according to the
certification criteria, the Special Representative has a mandate to certify
explicitly the final voters' list and the election results. Implicit
certification targeted the mobile court hearings, the identification and
electoral registration operation, as well as the provisional electoral list.

UN Operation in Côte
d'Ivoire -General Amoussou says goodbye to Gbagbo

Notre Voie -
The ex-UN Force Commander in Côte d'Ivoire, General Fernand Marcel Amoussou,
bade farewell to the Ivorian Head of State, Laurent Gbagbo, yesterday at the
President's office. (...) After meeting with the President of the Republic, he
said he was optimistic regarding a successful emergence from the crisis in Côte
d'Ivoire. (...)

Reunification of the
Country-Affi N'Guessan calls for a final solution

Fraternité-Matin -The
president of Ivorian Popular Front (FPI), Pascal Affi N'Guessan, met yesterday
with the press at Grand hotel in Plateau (...) He called for the "final
solution" for "the restoration of the state authority and the reunification" of
the country. He warned that "Ivorians can no longer accept the partitioning of
their country. Irritated by the Prime Minister and Secretary General of the
Forces Nouvelles, Guillaume Soro, the spokesman for the candidate of the
Presidential Majority warned. "We do not need to ask for the departure of Soro
when the time comes." He admitted that "efforts were made to tolerate Soro
Guillaume as Prime Minister". He repeated the request of his party and the
Presidential Majority to audit the provisional electoral list because it
contains "thousands" of fraudsters and he promised to provide evidence to
support this. "There is a problem of the reliability of the list of 5.3
millions' (registered). We can solve it if we all agree to conduct an audit to
discover the extent of fraud," he said. "We have evidence on thousands of
frauds." Similarly, Affi N'Guessan said there would be no credible elections
without the renewal of local independent electoral Commissions dominated by the
opposition. (...)  

Francis Wodié, President of
the Ivorian Party of Workers (PIT): "Signs of violence are threatening the
country"

Le Nouveau Réveil
 From 8 April 1990
to 8 April 2010, the Ivorian Workers Party (PIT) turned 20 yesterday. (...)On
this occasion, Francis Wodié, president of this party, and his comrades took a
look at the history of their party and reflected on the future, which seems to
be compromised. (...) Before what he called "the escalation of violence,"
President Wodié said: "We were on the eve of the presidential election, but
today nobody can tell when this election will take place. This is not normal,
this is not acceptable, and this is no longer tolerable. What is actually
happening? What are they doing with Côte d'Ivoire and the Ivorians who are taken
hostage? We are hearing more and more war slogans and tension continues to
mount. Today, disarmament has become the condition for organizing the
presidential election. (...) We want to assume that the belligerents are in good
faith. (...) The white list has now become a black list. They cried for an
audit, while it suffices to resume the appeals according to the consensual
procedure (...) the other problems such as the restructuring of the local
independent electoral commissions are only tricks to block the process. The
electoral process must be resumed where it was suspended.