96 Mayors, 22 General Council Chairs reinstated in Bouake

Bouaké (Côte d’Ivoire) About 96 Mayors and 22 Chairs of General Councils have been reinstated Thursday in Northern Cote-d’Ivoire under the supervision of Interior Minister, former rebel Desire Tagro, a correspondent of APA learns in the economic capital city of Cote-d’Ivoire. The resettlement is taking place as part of the normalization process launched by the political agreement of Ouagadougou on March 4th in Burkina-Faso. “It is impossible for local elected officials not to be present when essential issues, under the blessing of the Ouagadougou agreement, are taking place, including the public hearings with a view to issuing suppletory birth certificates to those born in Cote-d’Ivoire, but that do not have birth certificates”, Interior Minister Desire Tagro explained. He underscored the important role that the local government elected officials should play. “You are in the best position to educate people on the recovered peace by showing them the way to go”, he added. The Minister of Tourism and Craft, Sidiki Konate, also spokesman of the New Forces, representing the Prime Minister at the ceremony, reiterated that the Ivorian peace process is now irreversible. “Today, we are unrolling another piece of the steamroller of the Ouagadougou political peace agreement and it is rolling smoothly here in Bouake”, he said. According to him, this action is the outright expression of the Prime Minister and the government’s desire to fully and entirely implement the Ouagadougou peace agreement. “Slowly but surely, the institutional part of the agreement is being implemented. The process is now irreversible”, he concluded. Prefects and magistrates have been reinstated last June in the areas under control of the New Forces. The next round will concern sub-prefects whose nomination and appointment order was signed last Wednesday by President Laurent Gbagbo, the Interior Minister Desire Tagro said. Published by Korir, API*APN africanpress@chello.no tel             +47 932 99 739        or             +47 6300 2525        source.apa