{"id":272534,"date":"2010-12-31T05:29:49","date_gmt":"2010-12-31T05:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=44153"},"modified":"2010-12-31T05:29:49","modified_gmt":"2010-12-31T05:29:49","slug":"revoke-credentials-of-gbagbos-envoys-sakyi-addo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2010\/12\/31\/revoke-credentials-of-gbagbos-envoys-sakyi-addo\/","title":{"rendered":"Revoke credentials of Gbagbo\u2019s envoys \u2013 Sakyi-Addo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A renowned international journalist Kweku Sakyi-Addo has suggested to  member states of the Africa Union to revoke any diplomatic ties with  envoys appointed by Laurent Gbagbo of the Ivory Coast.<br \/>\nInternational  bodies like the United Nations, Africa Union and ECOWAS, as well as the  world\u2019s powerful nations like the USA and France recognize Alassane  Ouattara as the presidential election winner. But Mr Laurent Gbagbo is  unperturbed and has refused to step down.<br \/>\nMr Sakyi-Addo told host of Joy FM\u2019s <em>Super Morning Show<\/em> on Thursday it would not make sense for the countries not to recognize  Mr Gbagbo as the president of Ivory Coast, and yet recognize his envoys.<br \/>\n\u201cIf  you recognize Ouattara as the president-elect, then of course, you  cannot recognize Gbagbo\u2019s envoys. Basically power and authority is  notional, if nobody recognizes you as the president, you are not the  president.\u201d<br \/>\nHe said after the endorsement of Mr Ouattara as the  president-elect by finance ministers of the International Bank of West  Africa, Mr Gbagbo would no longer have access to the country\u2019s funds  there.<br \/>\n\u201cBy the middle of next month when public transportation,  the ministries and public institutions who have fleets of vehicles  cannot be fueled, and at the end of January when workers are broke from  all the Christmas expenditure, and they cannot be paid, they will turn  against him,\u201d he predicted.<br \/>\nNot only the civil servants would revolt against Mr Gbagbo, but the military that is presumed to support Gbagbo, he opined.<br \/>\nHe  noted that, such leaders are usually supported by the service  commanders who are loyal, but same cannot be said of their deputies and  those beneath them.<br \/>\n\u201c[The soldiers] are not going to lay down  their lives for Gbagbo especially when the tank is dry and he cannot pay  them, they will answer to the new commander, they will answer to  reality, they won\u2019t lay down their lives.\u201d<br \/>\nKwaku Sakyi-Addo  supported calls for negotiations to convince Gbagbo to step down, adding  that using force to oust Gbagbo would further aggravate the situation  there.<br \/>\nAlready, the UN has some 9,500 peacekeepers in the country.<br \/>\nMr Gbagbo has told them to leave, accusing them of interfering in Ivorian affairs. But the UN has refused to do so.<br \/>\nThe  BBC reports that almost 20,000 people &#8211; mostly women and children &#8211;  have fled Ivory Coast for neighbouring Liberia, fearing further unrest.<br \/>\nMr  Ouattara was initially declared the winner of the elections by the  Electoral Commission but his victory was overturned by the  Constitutional Council.<br \/>\nThe Council, led by an ally of Mr Gbago,  ruled that votes in parts of the rebel New Forces-held north loyal to Mr  Ouattara were invalid.<br \/>\nStory by Isaac Essel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A renowned international journalist Kweku Sakyi-Addo has suggested to member states of the Africa Union to revoke any diplomatic ties with envoys appointed by Laurent Gbagbo of the Ivory Coast. 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