Procedurally, Mr Odinga was supposed to brief his superiors in the Peace and Security Council first after which they would deliberate on his report and any other reports pertinent to the Cote d'Ivoire crisis before holding a Press conference to announce their decision.
Dr Ping -- who sources said faced a rapping
from the leaders over his handling of the Cote d'Ivoire issue including the decision to appoint Mr Odinga, a lowly premier to mediate between a president and an aspirant -- was naturally peeved by Odinga's breach of protocol and summoned AU security details to stop Odinga's Press conference.
There was some shouting, pushing and
shoving with the clearly discomfited Kenyan
premier attempting to rush through his
statement before handing out copies to
journalists who were being dispersed after
which he left the scene in a huff.
In his statement, Mr Odinga -- who was
rejected by incumbent Cote d'Ivoire President Laurent Gbagbo's camp for openly siding with challenger Mr Alassane Ouattara -- accused Mr Gbagbo of clinging to power.
"Cote d'Ivoire symbolises the great tragedy
that seems to have befallen Africa, whereby
some incumbents are not willing to give up
power if they lose.''
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