{"id":427958,"date":"2011-05-21T19:14:14","date_gmt":"2011-05-21T19:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/21\/the-will-of-the-people-had-triumphed-says-ouattara\/"},"modified":"2011-05-21T19:14:14","modified_gmt":"2011-05-21T19:14:14","slug":"the-will-of-the-people-had-triumphed-says-ouattara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/21\/the-will-of-the-people-had-triumphed-says-ouattara\/","title":{"rendered":"The will of the people had triumphed, says Ouattara"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Yamoussoukro –\u00a0 President Alassane Ouattara of Cote d\u2019Ivoire on Saturday called for a return to civility in Cote d\u2019Ivoire, promising to institute investigations into the five-month political crisis that rocked the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cIvorians are known for their hospitality and fraternity, not violence, \u2018\u2019 the president said at his investiture at the Houphouet Boigny Foundation in Yamoussoukro.<\/p>\n

The president, who\u00a0 said many rights were violated in the post election crisis, called\u00a0 on all the victims of the crisis to remain patient and seek justice in the right way<\/p>\n

Mr Ouattara thanked the international community for its support and said the will of the people had triumphed.<\/p>\n

He said the day represented a \u201chistoric moment\u201d for the people of Ivory Coast.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis day is, for all Ivorians, the start of an era that marks our common will to write a new page in the history of our country. The grave crisis that Ivory Coast went through\u2026 is now behind us.<\/p>\n

Ouattara said the new government would speed up the path to economic recovery for the country, with\u00a0 particular focus on revamping the education and\u00a0 health sectors\u00a0 as well as\u00a0 infrastructure.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will pay particular attention to\u00a0 girl-child education,\u2019\u2019 he added.<\/p>\n

Ouattara said the transport sector, especially the railways, would be revamped within a short period to bolster the business sector.<\/p>\n

The Ivorian president gave special recognition to the United Nations as well as the Nigerian and\u00a0 Burkinabe presidents for their intervention in the Ivorian political crisis.<\/p>\n

According to him, the intervention of the international community guaranteed the return of democracy to Cote d\u2019Ivoire.<\/p>\n

He said the country had always been friendly with its neighbours, promising that the cordiality created by former President Houpouet Boigny would be resuscitated.<\/p>\n

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Ouattara sworn in Ouattara sworn in as Ivory Coast president<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Ouattara paid special tribute to Boigny for laying a framework for the growth and prosperity of the country, adding that his successor, Henry Konan Bedie, also played a key role in the sustainability of the country.<\/p>\n

Before his speech, the president was decorated by\u00a0 Henriette Dagri Diabite,\u00a0 a former Secretary of the Rally of the Republicans (RHDP) and the President of the Ivorian Chancellory.<\/p>\n

In her remarks, Diabite\u00a0 said the president had distinguished himself both in the private and the public sector, working for the IMF as Deputy Managing Director and serving as a former prime minister.<\/p>\n

Ouattara was declared winner of the presidential election held in Cote d\u2019Ivoire on Nov.\u00a0 28, 2010, but his opponent in the election, former president Laurent Gbagbo,\u00a0 refused to hand over power.<\/p>\n

Gbagbo said the election was rigged in Ouattara\u2019s favour.<\/p>\n

The former president\u2019s friends in the Constitutional Council declared him the winner and he was sworn in on Dec.\u00a0 5, 2010.<\/p>\n

But\u00a0 Ouattara had earlier sworn\u00a0 himself in as president\u00a0 at\u00a0 a small ceremony at the Golf hotel in Abidjan on Dec.\u00a0 4, 2010, pushing the country into a political deadlock for five months.<\/p>\n

Ignoring international pressure and advice, Gbagbo ordered his army to besiege the Golf hotel where Ouattara was held up for five months.<\/p>\n

Ouattara was, however, protected by the UN military force.<\/p>\n

Gbagbo turned down offers and invitations from the U S, French and Nigerian Governments for political asylum, with seven heads of states visiting the country to persuade him to hand over power.<\/p>\n

Rebels in the Northern part of the country fought their way into Abidjan on March 27, 2011, and supported by French soldiers and the UN military force,\u00a0\u00a0 arrested Gbagbo on April 11, 2011.<\/p>\n

He was arrested in his bedroom with his wife, Simeone, who had been a firm and open supporter of the former president holding on to power.<\/p>\n

The UN said more than 3,000 people were killed in the five-month political crisis which grounded the economy, especially the main stay of the Ivorian economy, Cocoa.<\/p>\n

Ivorians had struggled to pick up the pieces of their\u00a0 lives after the crisis, with Ouattara assuring of speedy recovery of\u00a0 the economy.<\/p>\n

Ouattara had directed all public hospitals to treat citizens for free, but the queues forced many to go to the private hospitals. (NAN)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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