2006年VOA标准英语-Ivory Coast Youth Leader Says He Is Not Af(在线收听) |
By Nico Colombant Charles Ble Goude speaks to the crowd in Ivory Coast's commercial capital Abidjan (File photo - Nov. 2, 2002) --------------------------------------------------- A U.N. special committee is expected to draw up a list of names for sanctions in Ivory Coast as early as late Wednesday, after which there will be a 48-hour window for Security Council members to raise objections. This means expected travel and asset sanctions could be announced later this week. This followed a recommendation by an international working group that the Ivorian parliament, which has blocked reforms in successive peace deals and is already serving beyond its elected mandate, be discontinued. Speaking to VOA, from one of the few remaining posh cafes of Abidjan, with a spewing fountain in the background, Ble Goude says he is not afraid at all of possible sanctions. "I don't care. Believe me, I don't care, at all," he said. But he is concerned about the Security Council's understanding of the Ivorian conflict. "What is the U.N. going to sanction and why are they going to sanction Ble Goude? Because Ble Goude is demonstrating in the streets peacefully in front of the French embassy by a hunger strike? Now, what are they going to sanction? Because, this is a peaceful way, there is no more peaceful way than a hunger strike," he said. "So, I wonder what they are going to sanction?" During the protests, Bangladeshi peacekeepers fired back at an angry crowd, killing five people in Guiglo. In the ensuing chaos, peacekeepers fled from their bases in parts of the government-held west. Ble Goude says peacekeepers should not be sent back, if punitive measures against them are not taken. "It depends on what they are going to do. You know what happened. They killed people and I don't think people are ready to accept them so now the U.N. have to put sanctions on those who killed our friends before the U.N. troops come back," added Goude. Most non-essential civilian U.N. staff have been evacuated for an extended beach holiday, with sporadic meetings in the Gambia. Patriot want foreign troops out While others focus on possible sanctions, Ble Goude has set a deadline of February 12 for the transitional prime minister, Charles Konan Banny, to establish a timeline for disarming rebels, or else he says there will be more protests. Mr. Banny has said he will follow his own course and that disarmament also concerns militias and new army recruits. For three years, rebels have said they will not disarm until reforms give more northerners the right to vote. |
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