All the dates we have set will be maintained. The elections will take place in the northern region on January 14, |
Go tomorrow to vote. Be vigilant, be there at every polling station to oversee the vote. |
I am going into the talks totally confident |
I am going into the talks totally confident, hoping that we will re-establish the legal republican order throughout Ivory Coast, |
I hope elections will take place well before 12 months ... that is a job I will entrust to my new prime minister whom we will name in a few days, |
I think it has been one of the most successful boycotts in Africa, ... We're happy. Very few people voted. |
I think it has been one of the most successful boycotts in Africa. We're happy. Very few people voted. |
I told them if that was the truth, then an inquiry should be opened and the culprits brought to book. |
I will never allow the decapitation of the state of Cote d'Ivoire, |
immediate return to constitutional order. |
It's not a stand against a Muslim; it's not a stand against a man from the north. |
Of course, because he was elected in October 2000 and in principle his mandate runs until 2005. |
Police, gendarmes and soldiers from all branches of the armed forces are ordered to use all means throughout the country to oppose troublemakers, |
remain calm, and I ask them not to give in to provocations. |
Take other elections throughout the world, ... Take the election in the U.S. itself. The turnout rate is not higher than what we got. ... I was elected democratically in my country, and I believe I have a right to conduct my mandate. |