PROMINENT OPPOSITION FIGURE ALASSANE DRAMANE OUATTARA. IMMIGRANTS ARE ENTITLED TO A BIRTH CERTIFICATE STATING THEIR FOREIGN ORIGINS AND CAN USE THIS TO OBTAIN A RESIDENCY PERMIT. BUT THEY WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO VOTE IN THE ELECTIONS. IVORIANS IN BOTH REBEL AND GOVERNMENT ZONES SAY ONE FLAW IN THE IDENTIFICATION PROCESS IS THAT MANY PEOPLE IN THE WAR-SCARRED COUNTRY MAY BE TOO SCARED TO RETURN TO THEIR TOWNS OF BIRTH FEARING REVENGE OR VIOLENCE. "YOU CAN'T GO AROUND WITH A RIFLE IN THE REBEL ZONE THEN JUST COME DOWN TO (THE GOVERNMENT ZONE)," SAID KADJA. IN THE REBEL STRONGHOLD TOWN OF BOUAKE, WHERE KADJA SAID MANY IN THE GOVERNMENT SOUTH NOW FEARED TO VENTURE, REBEL COMBATTANTS EXPRESSED THE SAME RESERVATIONS ABOUT COMING SOUTH. "I'M NOT WILLING TO GO TO THE GOVERNMENT ZONE BECAUSE IT MEANS SIGNING MY OWN DEATH WARRANT," SAID ONE REBEL DRESSED IN MILITARY FATIGUES. NATIONAL ELECTIONS WERE SUPPOSED TO TAKE PLACE LAST OCTOBER BUT THE REBELS PULLED OUT IN THE RUN-UP TO THE DEADLINE CITING FEARS THAT GBAGBO WOULD TRY TO RIG THE POLLS.
