Engineering Electoral Mess In Ivory Coast: Ask France

First, the opposition candidate was declared winner of the current Presidential election in Ivory Coast, receiving congratulations from both the United States and the United Nations. But the United States and the United Nations do not pull the strings in Ivory Coast - France does. No one  whom France does not like can be president in Ivory Coast. That is why France's preferred candidate, the incumbent president, has now been declared winner by the government rather than the independent electoral commission. It is a shame how foreign powers still pull the strings in Africa. And when all is said and done, Ggagbo will remain president, the mess will continue, and the country will keep descending into the abyss France is designing for it.

Update: It was reported today that French President Sarkozy congratulated the Ivorian opposition candidate for winning the election. But his statement does not seem to be against the incumbent president who has already been sworn in. Perhaps this is just a public transcript to mask a private support for the incumbent president who has stolen the elections already.