Will African Leaders Learn The Compaore Lesson?
Following the resignation of the military dictator-turned-politician and former Burkina Faso President, Blaise Compaore, on Friday after violent protests over his audacious attempt to extend his 27-year rule, the question one might ask is: Will other African leaders learn a lesson from the Compaore nemesis?
In an unprecedented move, the former strongman of Burkina Faso, who had stubbornly rejected earlier warnings to step down after his office term, as well as ignored the Nebukadnezaral handwriting on the wall, repeatedly urging him not to change the constitution to extend his 27 year old sit-tight rule, Blaise Compaore, is forced to flee the country amidst earthquake – protests never witnessed …show more content…
So now we see the light (What you gonna do?),
We gonna stand up for our rights! (Yeah, yeah, yeah!)
Shocked, the former President Compaore, switched off the music furiously. “I trusted that bastard.” He murmured. But the same adrenaline grand that gave him power to outsmart the opponents, tactically pushed him to play the second CD:
Downpressor man
Where you gonna run to?
……
Sadly, according to Kata Kata’s mole in Ivory Coast, Compaore is not at peace. Whether his new state of mind is caused by the two CDs or the latest development.. or both, is hard to tell. However, Like the Shakespearean Macbeth, Blaise Compaore, knows no peace. He has murdered peace; and sleep. The ghost of Sankara has not died. The economic interests of Blaise Compaore are left behind in Burkina Faso. The hidden atrocities he committed during his 27 year in power will soon be exposed. The ICC is gnashing its toothless legal teeth (don’t forget, Blaise Compaore is another African!!). Suddenly Compaore had realized that there is a limit to manipulation. Waking up from his earlier stubborn refusal to quit, not even a late face –saving announcement that the presidency was vacated and his suggestion that the election would be held within 90 days could now appease the raged rioting citizen, who obviously were fed up with their …show more content…
The impromptu democrat realizes he has ‘fulfilled his duty”! Perhaps, many citizens of Burkina Faso had expected such a message from their former president many years ago. Most likely Blaise Compaore’s nemesis would not have been compounded if he had done his best to truly preserve the political gains of Burkina Faso by leaving the political arena when the ovation was highest. By trying to preserve the political gains of his country, Blaise Compaore would have equally preserved his own political and economic gains cum interests. By so doing, Blaise Compaore would have, probably, written his name in the sacred book of the wise African leaders. Now that Blaise Compaore had decided to ignore history and rather chosen to rely on his delusional idea of invincibility and indispensability backed up by insatiable greed for economic gains and power, he has ended up losing almost all he had stood to gain. Now a refugee in another country, instead of a Statesman with honour in his country, Blaise Compaore has once again demonstrated that human being can hardly learn from the
Following the resignation of the military dictator-turned-politician and former Burkina Faso President, Blaise Compaore, on Friday after violent protests over his audacious attempt to extend his 27-year rule, the question one might ask is: Will other African leaders learn a lesson from the Compaore nemesis?
In an unprecedented move, the former strongman of Burkina Faso, who had stubbornly rejected earlier warnings to step down after his office term, as well as ignored the Nebukadnezaral handwriting on the wall, repeatedly urging him not to change the constitution to extend his 27 year old sit-tight rule, Blaise Compaore, is forced to flee the country amidst earthquake – protests never witnessed …show more content…
So now we see the light (What you gonna do?),
We gonna stand up for our rights! (Yeah, yeah, yeah!)
Shocked, the former President Compaore, switched off the music furiously. “I trusted that bastard.” He murmured. But the same adrenaline grand that gave him power to outsmart the opponents, tactically pushed him to play the second CD:
Downpressor man
Where you gonna run to?
……
Sadly, according to Kata Kata’s mole in Ivory Coast, Compaore is not at peace. Whether his new state of mind is caused by the two CDs or the latest development.. or both, is hard to tell. However, Like the Shakespearean Macbeth, Blaise Compaore, knows no peace. He has murdered peace; and sleep. The ghost of Sankara has not died. The economic interests of Blaise Compaore are left behind in Burkina Faso. The hidden atrocities he committed during his 27 year in power will soon be exposed. The ICC is gnashing its toothless legal teeth (don’t forget, Blaise Compaore is another African!!). Suddenly Compaore had realized that there is a limit to manipulation. Waking up from his earlier stubborn refusal to quit, not even a late face –saving announcement that the presidency was vacated and his suggestion that the election would be held within 90 days could now appease the raged rioting citizen, who obviously were fed up with their …show more content…
The impromptu democrat realizes he has ‘fulfilled his duty”! Perhaps, many citizens of Burkina Faso had expected such a message from their former president many years ago. Most likely Blaise Compaore’s nemesis would not have been compounded if he had done his best to truly preserve the political gains of Burkina Faso by leaving the political arena when the ovation was highest. By trying to preserve the political gains of his country, Blaise Compaore would have equally preserved his own political and economic gains cum interests. By so doing, Blaise Compaore would have, probably, written his name in the sacred book of the wise African leaders. Now that Blaise Compaore had decided to ignore history and rather chosen to rely on his delusional idea of invincibility and indispensability backed up by insatiable greed for economic gains and power, he has ended up losing almost all he had stood to gain. Now a refugee in another country, instead of a Statesman with honour in his country, Blaise Compaore has once again demonstrated that human being can hardly learn from the