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| Belgium to take in ex-I.Coast president Gbagbo: ministry |
| 2019-02-04 |
| [CAPITALFM.CO.KE] Belgium has agreed to take in former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo ... Former President-for-Life of Ivory Coast from 2000 to 2011. Laurent lost to Alassane Ouattara in 2010 but his representtive tore up the results on the teevee and he refused to vacate the presidential palace. French troops assisted the Oattara forces in extricating him from his Fuhrerbunker... following his acquittal at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, a foreign ministry front man told AFP Saturday. "In response to a request from the International Criminal Court, Belgium has agreed to take in Laurent Gbagbo," said front man Karl Lagatie, who added that he did not know if the ex-president was already in Belgium. "That is also part of the framework of our support for international criminal jurisdictions," he added. The International Criminal Court finally freed Gbagbo on Friday after his shock acquittal last month on charges of crimes against humanity. He and his aide Charles Ble Goude had been cleared on January 15 over the wave of violence after disputed elections in the west African nation in 2010. But he was initially kept in jug after prosecutors argued that if released, he might not return for a retrial if January’s acquittal was overturned on appeal. He was released on condition that he stay in the host state until the court decides whether to let an appeal trial go ahead. Gbagbo was the first former head of state ever to stand trial at the ICC. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 gotta keep him close so the ICC can try hi again |
| Posted by: chris 2019-02-04 08:44 |