Mali-Côte D'ivoire: Mp Mamadou Hawa Gassama Pardoned by Alassane Ouattara

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As a member of the Malian National Transitional Council, this faithful d'Assimi Goïta had been sentenced to three years in prison in Abidjan for "offending the head of state" Ivorian.

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Without coercion or pressure, Alassane Ouattara gave allegiance to the Malian MP who had been sentenced by the Court of First Instance of Abidjan to a firm sentence. Although West African lobbies were known to have intervened behind the scenes, it follows that Alassane Ouattara remains faithful to his diplomatic line centred on good-neighbourliness and fraternity between West African peoples.