After a decade of hesitation, President Ouattara backs reconciliation with everyone – except his former premier, Former First lady Simone Ehivet Gbagbo, ex-wife of former President Laurent Gbagbo, is asking for 'forgiveness from the whole nation and from all those who suffered, who lost parents, jobs and were forced into exile,' as a result of political violence in 2002 and 2010. Last year, her former husband Laurent made his peace with his bitter rival and Côte d'Ivoire's President Alassane Ouattara.