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The Congo government announced that it would hold a referendum, a vote on a single political question, on the constitutional change that could allow President Denis Sassou Nguesso to keep ruling in the DRC. He was president from 1979 to 1992 and lost in the next election. He returned to power after his rebel forces defeated the incumbent president's in 1997 and has been ruling ever since. This is supposedly in Sassou's favor as the opposing party is weak and doesn't have media control.
This obviously should not happen. No one person should have as much power a he does and stay in power for that long. He has been in power for a total of 31 years. The referendum should never happen and when it gets voted on it needs to be shut down. If we had a person in power for the United States at president for 31 years, that would be called tyranny. For what's best for the DRC, the referendum can't win.
The referendum vote is often used by tyrants to give the appearance of democracy. It is a yes/no vote and I am sure it will be monitored and even altered, if necessary. It is a shame. The people of the DRC deserve so much better.
ReplyDeleteThe referendum vote is often used by tyrants to give the appearance of democracy. It is a yes/no vote and I am sure it will be monitored and even altered, if necessary. It is a shame. The people of the DRC deserve so much better.
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