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Comoros Government Issues Ultimatum to Embattled Anjouan President Bacar
Real estate news By Peter Clottey
06 November 2007
The Union government of the Comoros Islands has given the embattled President of Anjouan, Mohamed Bacar, two weeks to vacate the presidency and give way for a new election or face military action. This comes after the African Union began a naval blockade of Anjouan island, using Comorian and Tanzanian soldiers armed with assault rifles and rocket launchers. But the Bacar government has dismissed the move imposed by the African Union and is calling for fresh talks to resolve the political crisis.
A six-month impasse over disputed elections on the breakaway island has reportedly brought a new round of instability to Comoros, which has endured 19 successful or attempted coups since its independence from France in 1975. From the capital, Moroni Union Vice President Idi Nidhom tells reporter Peter Clottey that the government welcomes the African Union’s blockade.
“We fully support that move of the African Union in Anjouan, actually we were expecting it a long time ago, and we expect more. But we hope that Mohamed Bacar will react and let the African Union enter Anjouan,” Nidhom said. He said the union government wishes the embattled island leader would give way for fresh elections. “What we expect is that he will understand that the African Union has decided to move in and to organize this election. If he does not surrender, then we are going to use the army in Anjouan,” he noted.
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