The fall of Alpha conde
Guinea - Conakry
Soldiers who staged an uprising in Guinea's capital on Sunday said in a short broadcast on the nation's state television that they have dissolved the constitution and the government in an apparent coup d'etat situation.
Well, as sad as this may seem, Alpha Condé's removal from office should be a lesson to rudderless power brokers and politicians in Africa.
Alpha Condé came to power in 2010 from the opposition ranks, following the first competitive elections in Guinean history after the death of Lansana Conté in 2008. Conté had come to power in a coup 24 years earlier.
A transitional government was established in 2010. This was followed by the adoption of a new constitution in 2010 and elections.
Alpha Condé had been an ardent opponent of Lansana Conté. Notably, he opposed a 2003 constitutional amendment that allowed Conté to run for a third term.
After coming to power in 2010, Condé quickly consolidated his power through the hegemony of his party, Rally of the Guinean People, and won a second term in 2015. In 2019, his government announced that it would pursue the adoption of a new constitution. It deliberately aimed at bypassing a provision prohibiting amendments to the two term limit.
The opposition criticised the move as defying the spirit of the 2010 constitution against unlimited terms. Protests were held, and several people killed by security forces. And yet, Alpha Condé belligerently went ahead to change the constitution and questionably run and won a third-term bid in 2020.
When will African leaders learn to leave the stage when the ovation is loudest? When?
Source:Dela coffee
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