Speaker, having been to that country, I still maintain that the endorsement of Alassane Ouattara as President of the Ivory Coast by the UN, EU, AU and Ecowas was both premature and unconstitutional. What happened in that country before, during and after the presidential elections is a travesty of justice. The call by the AU to the Constitutional Council of that country to swear him in as the new President of that country is nothing but a subtle attempt to legitimise the unconstitutional decision they have made.
My question to the hon President is whether he read former President Mbeki's report which highlighted constitutional irregularities. If so, why did the President choose to support this travesty of justice rather than stand for truth, justice and principle? I believe that what has happened is a perversion of justice at the expense of the suffering people of the Ivory Coast and that the sovereignty of that country has been undermined by foreign powers that want to continue controlling the economy of that nation. Surely, a full investigation into the irregularities should have been conducted first by the international community. I thank you.