In 2016, there will be a presidential election in the U.S., but also in the democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Very strange that the two countries are changing their president about the same time. In the U.S., there is no question, the president Barack Obama will step down at the eve of 2017. In the DRC, it is still debatable if president Joseph Kabila will accept to do something else for the five coming years and attempt a comeback in 2021. He will only be 50 years old in 2021. But 5 years in the opposition can be hard when JOKA has been president at age 29 years old.
Stepping down as a president is difficult. It will be difficult for even Barack Obama. If it was difficult for presidents whose actions are politically, legally, and administratively guided, what about a too powerful president?
I have read these days people around Joseph Kabila initiating new questions. I am surprised that wrong questions have been asked. It is no longer about how good or poor he is as a president. The question is not who likes him or not. That is not the question. The question is what the constitution says?
Instead of helping the guy to see how he can save himself from trouble, his advisers are not helping him see the next step. The same people were there when the constitution was written. The same president did sign it. Why they did not think clearly then? Poor advisers.
What is more damaging forcing the president to commit political suicide or preparing someone of his party capable to win and to save him from future troubles? Time has been wasted in stating the obvious. He will not be president after 2016 as he is now.
Stepping down as a president is difficult. It will be difficult for even Barack Obama. If it was difficult for presidents whose actions are politically, legally, and administratively guided, what about a too powerful president?
I have read these days people around Joseph Kabila initiating new questions. I am surprised that wrong questions have been asked. It is no longer about how good or poor he is as a president. The question is not who likes him or not. That is not the question. The question is what the constitution says?
Instead of helping the guy to see how he can save himself from trouble, his advisers are not helping him see the next step. The same people were there when the constitution was written. The same president did sign it. Why they did not think clearly then? Poor advisers.
What is more damaging forcing the president to commit political suicide or preparing someone of his party capable to win and to save him from future troubles? Time has been wasted in stating the obvious. He will not be president after 2016 as he is now.
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