Jammeh regime refuses to recognise Ouattara government

The government of President Yahya Jammeh has said The Gambia would not recognise Alassane Ouattara as the legitimate ruler of Ivory Coast, dismissign the new leadership in Abidjan as imposed on the people by force, APA can reveal Monday.

In a press release stating its position on the political situation in Ivory Coast, The Gambia government indicated that the new regime in Abidjan was not representative of the true wishes of the Ivorian people. It said Ouattara was imposed on Ivorians by forces outside of the African continent for shady reasons, which go against the interest of Africa and her peoples. The Jammeh regime accused Western powers of using puppet African regimes to pillage and plunder the continent’s resources.

“In Ivory Coast, we know the role played by the former colonial power, who outside the UN mandate, first bombarded the presidential palace for days and eventually stormed it through a tunnel that linked the palace to one of the residences of their diplomatic representatives”.

“The reason for the bombardment of the presidential palace prior to the raid was according to them, to prevent Gbagbo from using heavy weapons against civilians but both the UN and France were aware of the outrageous massacres of civilians in villages where supporters of president Laurent Gbagbo were wiped out by so-called Republican Forces fighting for Ouattara” the government statement said.

According to the Gambia government, the only solutions to avert a long drawn-out civil war with all its attendant consequences in Ivory Coast is to reorganize presidential elections in the shortest possible time.

The government added: “In the meantime, an interim government of national unity should be formed without Alassane Ouattara as he also has a lot to answer for. One thing is very clear to all Africans today, the plot to re-colonize Africa is very real and we must stand up against it”.