The National Press Council (CNP), the statutory print regulatory body, on September 7, 2012 imposed a ban on six publications of privately-owned Notre Voie, a pro-Gbagbo daily over a publication.
In a communiqu� issued, the regulatory body rebuked the newspaper for publishing photographs of personalities of the fallen regime and with the caption �Minister� thereby creating the impression of �the existence of two governments in Cote d�Ivoire.�
The Media Foundation for West Africa�s (MFWA) correspondent reported that the CNP, thus, charged the newspaper of contradicting the ordinance of April 14, 2011 which declares as �null and void� all decisions taken since December 4, 2010 under the authority of former President Laurent Gbagbo.
�Describing them as such, in spite of the ordinance, falls under sedition and betrays an ulterior objective,� the communiqu� said.
Beside the ban, the authorities, also warned all printers to halt the printing of Notre Voie newspaper in any form whatsoever, the correspondent said.
The newspaper has a time limit of 30 days, as from the day of notification, within which it can refer the matter to the relevant administrative court, the statement read.
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