Reggae icon Alpha Blondy from Cote d’Ivoire has called on the country’s president Alassane Ouatarra to pardon all those still geing held over the violence which followed elections in 2010, including ex-President Laurent, who is currently being tried for war crimes at the International Criminal Court (ICC).
The musician through a video he posted on his official YouTube channel addressed the president saying:
“It is imperative that you put all your weight behind an effort to secure the release of Laurent Gbagbo and Mr Ble Goude from The Hague. Imagine if Laurent Gbagbo dies in a cell in The Hague. It would create an irreversible split in Ivorian society, jeopardising the future of our children and grandchildren, along with our own.”
Ex-militia leader Charles Ble Goude is being tried alongside Gbagbo at the ICC.
