Ousted Ivory Coast Leader Gbagbo Seeks Return To Presidency

Former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo gestures during the celebrations of the 2nd “Renaissance Festival” in Agboville on April 6, 2024. Thousands of people turned out Saturday to see Ivory Coast’s former president Laurent Gbagbo announce his bid to return to office even though he is ineligible.Supporters came from all over the country to Agboville, 70 kilometres north of Abidjan, to hear 78-year-old Gbabgo denounce “the high cost of living” in a lengthy speech lasting more than two hours.

Even if he was acquitted in 2021 by the International Criminal Court of human rights abuses allegedly committed during the crisis and pardoned by President Alassane Ouattara a year later for the BCEAO case, he has not been amnestied, which bars him from electoral lists. Supporters of former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo gather for the celebrations of the 2nd “Renaissance Festival” in Agboville on April 6, 2024. On Saturday, they paraded through the streets of Agboville, to the rhythm of traditional drums and singing in praise of their “president”.“This mobilisation should show the whole world that President Gbagbo has the means to win,” said Ines Nadege Blezir, a pro-Gbagbo activist for more than 30 years, who held a banner in the party’s blue colours.

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