西非国家领导人要求科特迪瓦的巴博下台 West African Leaders to Demand Ivory Coast's Gbagbo Step Down
西非国家的几位总统计划要求科特迪瓦现任总统巴博放弃权力，并接受他的对手在上个月选举中获胜的结果。
塞拉利昂、佛得角和贝宁的三国总统星期二抵达阿比让，转交西非区域集团、西非国家经济共同体的要求。西共体威胁，如果巴博拒不下台，他们将动用武力。
这些领导人计划将会见巴博，并且将向他提供政治庇护来换取他的辞职。他们还将会见巴博的对手瓦塔拉。
瓦塔拉星期一呼吁举行全国罢工，试图迫使在任总统下台。但是，阿比让的商店照常营业，街头市场也和平常一样繁忙。一些工人表示，他们无法承受歇业一天带来的损失。
巴博和瓦特拉都宣称他们赢得了11月的总统选举。
A group of West African presidents is set to demand incumbent Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo yield power, and accept election results showing his rival won last month's election.
Presidents from Sierra Leone, Cape Verde and Benin arrived in Abidjan Tuesday to hand over the demand from the West African regional bloc, ECOWAS, which has threatened to use force if Mr. Gbagbo does not leave office.
The leaders are due to meet with Mr. Gbagbo and offer him political asylum in exchange for his resignation. They will also meet with Mr. Gbagbo's rival, Alassane Ouattara.
Mr. Ouattara had called for a national strike Monday to try to force the incumbent president to step down. But shops stayed open in Abidjan and street markets were bustling as normal. Some workers said they could not afford to skip a day of work.
Mr. Gbagbo and Mr. Ouattara both claim they won the November presidential election.