This daily press review is compiled by the Information Section of the Public Affairs Office of the American Embassy in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.

1. The proposal by the New Forces demanding the formation of new transitional government was the lead subject in Tuesday's newspapers in Cote d'Ivoire.

2. A few days after the New Forces called for a cabinet reshuffle, the former Ivoirian rebel movement published a press communique in which it demanded ministers who have been "criticizing" the Prime Minister, Soro Guillaume "to resign from the government," reports the state-owned daily Fraternite Matin. "Today, the New Forces believe that those are criticizing Soro Guillaume must have the courage to quit the government," the paper quotes a statement, which was released yesterday by the New Forces, as saying. The statement, comments the paper, was in reaction to "criticisms" leveled against the head of the government by some newspapers following a proposal by Soro's associates demanding a cabinet shake-up.

3. "The lack of cohesion and solidarity in the government," reports L'inter, is the main motive brought forward by the leadership of the New Forces to justify its demand. According to the privately-owned daily, the New Forces have been "frustrated" by the writings of Tirbuce Koffi, an Ivoirian journalist and writer, who recently published columns in newspapers, calling Soro and his collaborators "a bunch of incompetent people, whose accession to power is an aberration for the people of Cote d'Ivoire."

4. As the New Forces are pressing members of the opposition parties to quit the government, L'inter believes that "the political survival of the RHDP - a coalition of four leading opposition parties in Cote d'Ivoire - hangs in the balance." The paper calls the New Forces' proposal "a big trap" for the Ivoirian opposition groups.

5. The dilemma for these opposition parties suggests L'inter, is to either quit the government - a choice that would give them a total freedom to critically look at the deeds and misdeeds of the prime minister - or to stay in government and accept the peace process as it being conducted.

6. In a front-page story, Nord-Sud Quotidien, a daily close to the opposition, warns that "the friction between the RHDP and New Forces could undermine the implementation of the Ouagadougou Agreement." The big question, comments the paper, is what the New Forces are up to without a backing from the opposition coalition, and whether the latter is strong enough to challenge Gbagbo without the support of the former rebel movement. In any case, suggests the paper, "The RHDP and New Forces needs each other," because at this stage of the peace process, one cannot resolve the crisis in Cote d'Ivoire by "sidelining" Henri Konan Bedie - the Ivoirian president - and the main opposition figure, Alassane Dramane Ouattara.

7. In another development, Fraternite Matin reports that the Minister of Communication, Sy Savane Ibrahim, met yesterday with representatives of principal political parties in Cote d'Ivoire. According to the paper, the meeting was to have parties' contributions ahead of a conference on balance news reporting and free access to the state-own media. The conference, whose date has not yet been confirmed, reports the paper, will focus how the RTI - the state-run broadcasting corporation, AIP - the Ivoirian news agency - and Fraternite Matin - will provide the public with balance news and give the public an equal access to those media outlets.

8. Fraternite Matin also reports that, as elections in Africa are always subject to conflict, electoral experts from West African counties have been meeting since yesterday in Abidjan in a bid to find solutions to difficulties that hinder electoral process in Africa.