text: PRESS DIGEST - Ivory Coast - Aug 29 . ABIDJAN 1996-08-29 These are significant stories in the Ivorian press on Thursday . Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy . FRATERNITE MATIN - Cabinet meeting establishes five new administrative regions and four new departments as part of government decentralisation policy . LA VOIE - Members of parliament seek higher pay and more benefits . The speaker of parliament , Charles Bauza Donwahi , will meet President Henri Konan Bedie on September 3 to discuss their request . - Deputy director of animal health department Douati Alphonse says his agents have seized 46 tonnes of illicit pork in a two-week operation to ensure compliance with a ban imposed after an outbreak of swine fever . LE JOUR - Raphael Lakpe , publisher of the daily Le Populaire , was released on Wednesday evening after three days in custody and will appear in court on Thursday morning . - Cabinet meeting appoints Colonel Severin Konan Kouame as gendarmerie commander , replacing General Joseph Tanny , who has been appointed secretary-general of the National Security Council . -- Abidjan newsroom +225 21 90 90