Mamadou Koulibaly: Alassane Ouattara and FRCI: the wind ... or ethnicity of the victims?Posted by L'Intelligent d'Abidjan | The 17/02/2012We all remember the apparent "anger" of ivorian president Ouattara after the killings of Vavoua December 17 &18, 2011, during which five people were massacred by the army created by ordinance by Ouattara, more known by the acronym FRCI (Republican forces of Côte d'Ivoire).
The next day, with a lot of hype, Alassane Ouattara had expressed his disgust at the excesses and abuses by its soldiers and convened an emergency meeting after which the Minister for Defence, Mr. Paul Koffi Koffi, announced the following measures: "Lawsuit against these seven elements. Immediate return of former heads of unit in their home bases to carry out supervision and disarmament of its components before possible combinations. Creating a Military Police within 48 hours to conduct the inspection and tracking down the streets of rogue elements and all vehicles and motorcycles branded FRCI unknown files in the Army fleet of cars and so that their cars and motorcycles are no longer circulating. "According to the Minister for Defence, the president demanded during the meeting," zero tolerance "for misconduct vis-à-vis of military discipline. In any event, the Head of State "highly disgusted by what just happened," ordered all military leaders and the various ministers for defense and security, to take full responsibility " so that such acts do not recur. "What is not our astonishment to hear, exactly two months after the tragic incident and a few days after yet another skid FRCI having again caused human death, this time at Arrah, a town which is not from Ouattara's ethnic group,, the following communication from Mr. Bruno Kone, spokesman of the Government, after the Council of Ministers of February15, 2012: "The FRCI is the regular army of IvoryCoast. It is important that our army is respected. The army represents the sovereignty of the Ivorian people. There is no reason or people who decide not to have the army on a territory. We are all at an age when we saw the Fanci and Fds. I think we have to return to the basic principle of citizenship. That is to say respect for our institutions. In respect for the institutions, there is respect for the army. The army of Ivory Coast has had to conduct public safety operations simply because the police and gendarmerie were no longer operational. It will take several months before the police are replenished and he will also take several months before the police are equipped with weapons and ammunition. Meanwhile, the military has had to replace them. From the moment we arrive gradually to normal, they will be asked to withdraw from these activities so that the police and the gendarmerie can take over. But this is not done everywhere, on one hand. Moreover, even if the police and gendarmerie are back, nothing prevents the military reinforcements awill be made to a particular location. This is a decision of the military command. (...) When it comes to fencing, I feel that for Ivorians it means that the military must disappear from the landscape. (...) The FRCI is several thousand people. So it may happen that an element of FRCI be a problem with a civilian component, it can happen anywhere, there may be cases of indiscipline, there may be attacks against them and against FRCI. But please, do not transform while ethnic conflict or cross. If there are errors on the part of FRCI, they can be punished by their superiors. "The differential response of Ouattara would it come from the fact that the victims in Vavoua were Malinke (his ethnic group) and those of Arrah are not? This would be consistent with the words he uttered during an interview in January 2012 in the French weekly L'Express, proudly claiming his status as president of the victors, president of the North, President of the Muslims, on a mission to favor his ethnic group, the Malinke. Indeed, when asked about the appointment of Northerners in key positions, Alassane Ouattara had replied confidently: "This is a simple catch. Under Gbagbo, northern communities, the malinke , were excluded from positions of responsibility. "The many breathless spirit of hatred and revenge capita Ouattara is supposed to work tirelessly for reconciliation in a nation that he has strongly and consistently contributed to divide, it must be concluded from this passage of Report No. 83 of the nongovernmental organization International Crisis Group (ICG), published the day before the killings in Vavoua December 16 2011 and which is more relevant than ever: "The main security threat facing the current system no longer come from the pro-Gbagbo, who lack the military means necessary for a coup, but the device security from the post-election conflict. The president has very little control over an army of which he is formally the supreme leader. (...) The current state of the apparatus of defense and security means, for his regime and for the country, a series of threats in the short term but also medium-term. "The report added:" The military hierarchy n ' is not always respected in a security apparatus that is traversed by several chains of command. "So, Alassane Ouattara requires that Ivorians meet an" institution "by which he himself can not get respect ... We will have definitely all seen and heard with Ouattara's regime.
Mamadou KoulibalyPresident of Freedom and Democracy for the Republic
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