of the move is a sign of his split w with president alassane ouattara. it also signals sorrel may intend to run for president himself next year. a standing ovation as gillam soro resigned as speaker of posted held since. twenty twelve day colleague. i would like to present to you now my resignation as speaker of the national assembly of ivory coast. i've decided to sacrifice my post. for the peace of ivory coast -- soros friday resignation came as no surprise. last week president alassane ouattara had said the formal rebel leader would step dow. sign of the growing rift between the two former allies. rips some say is partly due to soros refusal to back the r. h. d. p.. presidents new ruling coalition and partly due to sars potential plans to run for president in next year's election. plans or has not confirmed. a shipped from the previous power sure sir -- served as what tara's first prime minister and the president came to power in. twenty eleven in doing so s- broke with former president laurent gbagbo for whom it also served as prime minister under a