Same old song and dance
Seems like I write an essay every week on some African leader or another trying to make himself president-for-life.
AUGUST 2001: Angola's president to stand down
Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos has announced he will not run in the next election, after having been head of state since 1979.
YESTERDAY: ANGOLA: President Dos Santos cleared to stand for next poll
Angola's main opposition party, UNITA, said it was unfazed by a Supreme Court ruling on Monday allowing President Eduardo dos Santos to stand in the country's first post-war election... Observers noted that the Dos Santos candidacy for the top job was a foregone conclusion, as he was the "unifying force" of the MPLA.
posted by Brian @ Tuesday, July 26, 2005
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OH for &^%&^% sake!! :-(
Isn't President Jose dos Santos the very same guy whose regime is steeped in scandal and corruption charges re: the mucho missing billions of USD$ from Angola's oil export revenues and corporate payoffs (bribes)?
Who would or could successfully oppose this guy in the upcoming national elections of 2006? Is this yet another scenario and excuse for Angola to slide back into a brutal civil war due to a lack of real partnership with the UNITA party in sharing political power and attacking the many problems affecting the population?
What countries (and companies) help to keep this guy in power in order to serve their own national interests and their greed for profits? Let me guess: every country that has an unquenchable thirst for oil! Am I right?
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