Ivory Coast truth commission ‘not working’

A truth commission set up after last years election violence in Ivory Coast is unable to work properly due to a lack of funds, a spokesman says.The BBCs John James in Abidjan says that a year after the Truth, Reconciliation and Dialogue Commission was set up, many Ivorians complain that it has achieved little. The panel includes football star Didier Drogba, representing Ivorians abroad.Some 3,000 people were killed in a dispute after the December 2010 poll.Laurent Gbagbo refused to accept defeat to President Alassane Ouattara, who eventually ousted his rival with the help of former rebel forces, the UN and former colonial power France.Ivory Coasts commission, led by former Prime Minister Charles Konan Banny, is modelled on South Africas Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which was established after the end of apartheid.But our reporter says that halfway through its mandate, it has yet to make much of an impact in healing the countrys wounds after last years divisive conflict. The national consultation groups planned for the beginning of June have yet to start work due to a lack of funds. Commission spokesman Franck Kouassi Sran says it is false to say it has not done anything. If we havent deployed all of our actions, its because were being held back by a lack of resources. We hope that soon we can restart our activities to do everything necessary to complete our mission, he said.