Laurent Gbagbo Quotations

Of course, because he was elected in October 2000 and in principle his mandate runs until 2005.

Police, gendarmes and soldiers from all branches of the armed forces are ordered to use all means throughout the country to oppose troublemakers,

I am going into the talks totally confident

I am going into the talks totally confident, hoping that we will re-establish the legal republican order throughout Ivory Coast,

I will never allow the decapitation of the state of Cote d'Ivoire,

remain calm, and I ask them not to give in to provocations.

I think it has been one of the most successful boycotts in Africa, ... We're happy. Very few people voted.

I think it has been one of the most successful boycotts in Africa. We're happy. Very few people voted.

We have always wanted sanctions after what has happened in Cote d'Ivoire,

The plotters of yesterday, the plotters of today ... they swim in the water and think we don't see their backs but we see them.

The President of the Republic will carry on guaranteeing the continuity of the state ... until elections are held,

This acceleration of violence is unacceptable, ... We will fight against this mentality of (coups).

Take other elections throughout the world, ... Take the election in the U.S. itself. The turnout rate is not higher than what we got. ... I was elected democratically in my country, and I believe I have a right to conduct my mandate.

It's not a stand against a Muslim; it's not a stand against a man from the north.

The international community calls on us to complete the electoral process within 12 months at the latest. I hope those elections will take place before the 12 months (expire), and that is the mission I shall give to the prime minister we will appoint in a few days,

I hope elections will take place well before 12 months ... that is a job I will entrust to my new prime minister whom we will name in a few days,

The children of Ivory Coast will not allow them to do it. Those who stand up against us, we will fight,

I told them if that was the truth, then an inquiry should be opened and the culprits brought to book.

This was more like a terrorist act to alarm the population than an act of war, ... The people who did this coup are amateurs, they're children.

This is the last time I want to hear this issue raised.

Go tomorrow to vote. Be vigilant, be there at every polling station to oversee the vote.

All the dates we have set will be maintained. The elections will take place in the northern region on January 14,