SENATOR INHOFE CALLS ON U.S. TO SUPPORT NEW ELECTIONS IN COTE D’IVOIRE

by Le Magazine de la Diaspora Ivoirienne et des Ami(e)s de la Côte d’Ivoire | 31 mars 2011 2 h 14 min

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Amidst post-election fighting that threatens to evolve into a civil war in Cote d’Ivoire, U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), yesterday called on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to chart a new U.S. position that demands new elections in Cote d’Ivoire to bring about peace. Inhofe, who has travelled extensively to the continent of Africa over the past fifteen years, including nine trips to Cote d’Ivoire, wrote for the second time to Clinton regarding this issue.

Through his letter to Clinton, Inhofe said, “I am aware that my position is different from that of the Obama Administration, which has recognized Alassane Ouattara as the winner. I ask, however, that you change your position in light of the evidence I have provided, and that you call for a new election.

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