Muammar Gaddafi: multi-party democracy in Africa leads to bloodshed

[DigitalSoldier]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7870431.stm

Speaking at the AU summit in Ethiopia, Col Gaddafi said Africa
was essentially tribal and political parties became tribalised, which led to bloodshed.

He concluded the best model for Africa was his own country, where opposition parties are not allowed

I am still surprised how people like Gaddafi, can be elected as a leader

He adds it seems likely activists who have fought for multi-party democracy in countries like South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana and Senegal may profoundly disagree with the new AU chairman.

Doubt it!

Before arriving at the summit, Col Gaddafi circulated a letter saying he was coming as the king of the traditional kings of Africa.

Last August, he had a group of 200 traditional leaders name him the "king of kings" of Africa.

 

[Guest 20221009]

he 's got twisted brain that one. African "leaders" love butt kissing, so they just gonna waltz along to his tune and still want the rest of the world to give them free money

 

[LazyLion]

Actually, he is spot on about the multi-party democracy system not working in Africa. But his solution is not the best either.

Africa has been one long dismal failure of democracy, and the trend is to blame colonialism, but that does not hold water because other regions in the world have successfully made the transition to democracy (not without their own troubles but fairly successfully).

South East Asia and South American are the next worse regions, followed by the Russian federation states. But you don't see anywhere near the kind of failure in those regions that you see in Africa.

The stable African states which have successfully implemented multi-party democracy can be counted on one hand.

And like Gadaffi, I would also put a lot of the blame on Tribalism.

 

[Alan]

I am still surprised how people like Gaddafi, can be elected as a leader :sick

Brave resister of American imperialism getting support surprises you

When you visit another country, it’s hard to get a feel for what it’s actually like until you leave your hotel room, go for a walk, take a look around, and hang out while soaking it in. Not so in Libya. All you have to do there is show up. It will impose itself on you at once.

My Air Afriquiya flight touched down on the runway next to a junkyard of filthy, gutted and broken-down Soviet aircraft in an airport otherwise empty of planes. When I stepped out of the hatch into the jetway, I came face to face with three uniformed military goons who scrutinized me and everyone else from behind reflective oversize sunglasses.

Colonel Muammar el-Qaddafi, mastermind of the 1969 Al-Fateh Revolution (a euphemism for his military coup), Brother Leader of the Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, greeted arrivals in the passport-control room from a menacing, almost snarling, gold-gilded portrait. A translated overhead sign (rare in Libya) said “Partners Not Wage Earners.” In other words: Don’t expect to be paid.

http://www.laweekly.com/content/printVersion/41474

Interesting read....