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| Friday, 24 January, 2003, 11:54 GMT Ivory Coast peace plan The following are excerpts from the Ivory Coast peace plan agreed by rebel and government negotiators in Paris. A government of national reconciliation will be established after the closing of the Paris Conference to assure the return to peace and stability. Its task will be to reinforce the independence of the judiciary, restore the administration and public services and put the country back to order.
It will set terms for credible and transparent elections and set the dates. The government... will be led by a prime minister of consensus who will stay in place until the next presidential election at which he will not be able to stand. This government will be made up of representatives designated by each of the Ivorian delegations that participated in the Round Table. The distribution of ministries among the parties will be done in a balanced way during the whole life of the government. The government of national reconciliation will organise the regrouping of (military) forces and their disarmament. It will make sure no mercenary remains on the national territory. The government of national reconciliation will take the necessary measures for the liberation and amnesty of all soldiers held for attacking the security of the state and will do the same for exiled soldiers. The Round Table thinks there are numerous difficulties in applying the (citizenship) law, either because of people's ignorance or administrative practices by military or security forces that violate the law and respect for people... The government will present within six months a draft naturalisation law to resolve in a simple and accessible way the (citizenship) situations that are blocked today. The government will propose that... the president is elected by universal direct suffrage for five years (and) can only be re-elected once... He must be exclusively of Ivorian nationality, born of a father or mother of Ivorian origin. The government will create immediately a national Human Rights Commission... composed of delegates from all parties and chaired by a personality acceptable to all. |
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