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A researcher at the Department of Peace Studies at the University of Cape Coast has urged African leaders to review “Western majority democracy” in order to end the military takeover of governments.
“It does not meet the needs of the people and, I think a better option might be ‘democracy based on consensus’, where majority and minority agree on issues for the common good of society.” , did he declare.
Dr Kaderi Noagah Bukari, who is also a lecturer at the UCC’s School of Development Studies, commented on the military takeover in Guinea on Sunday (September 5) in an interview with the Ghanaian news agency.
He said the coup d’état in Guinea was unacceptable, although expected.
This is because the governance system does not meet the needs of the people.
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the African Union, the Secretary-General of the United Nations and some Western countries have condemned the coup and called for the immediate return to democratic rule.
Dr Bukari explained that a “consensus-based democracy” would foster a win-win situation and present a two-party approach to solving unemployment and corruption issues.
“The worst democracy is better than the best coup; but if our leaders and politicians refuse to work together to solve the needs of the people, we will have more coups d’etat because the signs are everywhere and the whole place will become fertile ground for terrorists, ”he said. He underlines.
“Our people must be involved and must benefit from the democracy we choose,” he said.
Professor Emmanuel Kwesi Aning, director of the faculty of academic affairs at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Center (KAIPTC) also said the Guinean coup was predictable due to issues of “corruption, exclusive use of state money “and the amendment of the Constitution against the will of the people.
Professor Aning said the military has six to 12 months to demonstrate that it can use state resources to promote welfare to change the negative narrative.
The soldiers, led by a former French legionnaire, Lieutenant-Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, announced that they had seized power, arrested President Condé, 83, and suspended the constitution of the West African nation.
They appeared on national television, some draped in the red, gold and green flag of Guinea, to announce that the government had been dissolved due to unbridled corruption.
He declared: “Guineans, dear compatriots. The socio-economic and political situation, the dysfunction of the State institutions, the restriction of the rights of citizens, the non-respect of democratic principles, the political maladministration by the government forced the National Committee for Reconciliation and Development to answer, and the whole nation to answer the responsibilities to the sovereign people of Guinea.
“We have decided to dissolve the Constitution, the institutions and the Government, after having referred the matter to the President. The land and air borders are closed. We beg you to remain calm and ask all security personnel to remain at post. “
The coup perpetrators said all land and air borders had been closed for a week.
However, according to a BBC report, the Defense Ministry said forces loyal to the president had “contained the threat and repelled the group of attackers.”
Previously, the only bridge connecting the mainland to the Kaloum Peninsula, which houses most of the ministries and the presidential palace, was cordoned off while scores of soldiers, some heavily armed, were stationed around the palace, a military source told Reuters news agency.
According to unconfirmed information, three soldiers were killed.
The military reportedly replaced all ministers with military commanders and asked officials to report for work on Monday.
President Condé was re-elected to a controversial third term amid violent protests last year.
The veteran opposition leader was first elected in 2010 in the country’s first democratic handover.
Despite overseeing some economic progress, he had been accused of presiding over numerous human rights violations and harassment of his critics, the BBC said.
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