By Nicoletta Fagiolo
Since
November 2011 Laurent Gbagbo, the
former president of Côte d’Ivoire, has been detained at the International
Criminal Court in the Hague, accused of being an “indirect co-author” of serious crimes against humanity during the
post-election crisis in his country. But many people ask why and doubt the
legitimacy of these charges. For many it is his political opponent of the 2010
presidential elections, Alassane
Ouattara, that should be in his place detained at the Hague, along with
Guillaume Soro, the current President of the National Assembly, who headed the
2002 rebellion that divided the country in two.
Why is
there no trial for the serious crimes committed by the rebels who attacked Côte
d'Ivoire in 2002 in the Central, North and West regions (known as CNO), which
remained under their control until 17 March 2011 when Ouattara appointed them
as the national military force renaming them the Republican Forces of Côte
d’Ivoire (FRCI)? A large international resistance movement was born to reclaim
truth and justice in this odd story.