Former Ivorian Prime Minister, Guillaume Soro “welcomes” in a statement, the decision to acquit Laurent Gbagbo and Ble Goude by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
“I welcome the decision of the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC), confirming today, the acquittal of our fellow citizens Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Ble Goude”, Guillaume Soro, also former Cote d’Ivoire’s National Assembly Speaker wrote.
For him, “this decision puts a definitive end to nearly a decade of proceedings.” In addition, “no more objective reason can be opposed to the return to their country of these two sons of Cote d’Ivoire.”
“I wish all the best for their quick and secure return to their families,” Mr. Guillaume Soro, also the leader of the citizens’ movement called ‘Generations and Solidarity Peoples’ (GPS), concludes in his press release..
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