Burundi Gets It Right, Next In Line ….
By Yero Jallow
“Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you’re a man, you take it” –Malcolm X (El-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz).
Oh well, a citizenry rising up with the backing of its military has ousted the Burundian leader, Pierre Nkurunziza. BBC reported that Nkurunziza has been denied entry to Bujumbura, Burundi’s Capital City. While the move is hailed, and I personally support a citizen/military intervention to liberate oppressed citizens in the hands of unyielding tyrants, the Burundian military must quickly return the country to a Civilian rule without delay, and they must not attempt to stick around, as it is very costly. To their own good, they must not brutalize citizens, or engage in buying time on the power seat, as power is so tempting.
To the other nations which are still clawed to its political accident, the predicament of the mightiest dictatorship in today’s world age must not be crybabies now. You have seen nations and their citizens do it.
A popular uprising is a must, and for a fully grown mystified and fetish dictator, with the type of electoral rules in place such as Simple majority win, the lack of a presidential term limit, the lack of equal media platform on the state-controlled media, the rally permits, and a lot more, doesn’t support a math formula to remove an incumbent who tasted power and all the accolades that comes with it. Boycotting elections may somewhat delegitimize an administration, but a criminal administration is already not legitimate, and doesn’t care to be delegitimized. All the administration cares about is being in the power seat.
Interestingly, tyrants and dictators from time immemorial don’t learn from happenings. For some reason, they just have to stay in power for the evil to strike their stinky bum-baws, and because of the heaviness of their baggage, they often don’t go down alone in history. They go down with a lot of citizens, some as victims and others the much undesired enabling force who kissed off to a tyrant’s political whims and caprices.
Here you go again….read the lips and the eye blink and do the job once and for all. The more you ask for your butts to be caned, the more the bully will get the cane bouncing on it. It is in your hands, Citizens!
Kind regards,
Yero.