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The former minister of Laurent Gbagbo, Charles Blé Goudé, who returned to Côte d’Ivoire on Saturday after several years of absence, met, on Tuesday, November 29, the minister in charge of national reconciliation. A meeting to better show its willingness to participate in it.
With our correspondent in Abidjan, Bineta Diagne
Pour Charles Blé Goudé, this hearing was an opportunity to thank the Ivorian authorities verbally for having facilitated his return. During his stopover in Ghana last Friday, the leader of Cojep explains that he was questioned for an hour by the police. They wanted to arrest him in the name of an international arrest warrant against him. But the intervention of the Ivorian authorities made it possible, according to him, to resolve the situation.
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Facing the press, Charles Blé Goudé also wanted to convey a message of peace to his fellow citizens: “ I am here to call on all Ivorians to rally around our country, Côte d’Ivoire. I am here to also bring my compassion to all these Ivorians, some of whom had to bury their children brutally. It deserves our compassion, it deserves their forgiveness ».
“Leading the Ivorian people to peace”
At his side, the Minister of National Reconciliation, Koudio Konan Bertin, says he wants to continue to facilitate the return of people exiled following the 2010-2011 crisis. ” Before the arrival of Blé Goudé, there was that of President Gbagbo under the same conditions. Even before that of President Laurent Gbagbo, out of 300,000 Ivorians who were refugees abroad, more than 98% returned to the country. “, did he declare. And to add: It is a political will displayed by the power to lead the Ivorian people to peace, to reconciliation ».
Throughout the week, Charles Blé Goudé continues to receive his relatives. He should then return to his native village to observe a period of mourning, in memory of the members of his family who died in his absence.
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