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Burundi protests escalate-citizens demand Nkurunziza step down
by Joseph Earnest May 26, 2015
Newscast Media BUJUMBURA, Burundi—In a desperate move to intimidate protesters who want him to relinquish power, Burundi President Nkurunziza's men are now firing live bullets into protesting crowds, after the opposition leader Zedi Feruzi was assassinated as he was lured into false negotiations.
"We can’t be scared of death. This president wants to rule us when he is killing us," cried one protester. "We must fight for our dignity, we must fight for the Arusha Accord till the end," he added. (pop-up)
For Nkurunziza, even if it is obvious he is not wanted in his country, not enough Burundians have been killed for him to leave yet. The mentality that Burundians have to be put to death for opposing a third term is not uncommon among other African dictators who have mentored Nkurunziza.
To the African ruler, human beings have no value, therefore they can be disposed of at will with no consequence. The oppressive nature of the modern African ruler dictates who dies and who lives because he is untouchable--until of course the West intervenes either directly or indirectly that the oppressor realizes the world does not revolve around him, and there is hell to pay.
We've seem the so-called "macho" African dictators dragged in the streets crying like little school girls as the citizenry spat on them asking, "Is this the filthy piece of human flesh that oppressed the citizenry for this long?"
Even some of the most feared dictators in the world who put on a false air of bravado, when his time came, all pretentiousness fled and the scared Saddam Hussein hid in a fox hole where he was eventually captured, by the Fourth Infantry division.
"He was caught like a rat,'' General Raymond T. Odierno told reporters at a press conference. Saddam Hussein has since become a "blur" and a damnation of memory.
Screen shot: Saddam Hussein moments after he was captured hiding in a fox hole
In Egypt, the strongman and dictator Hosni Mubarak collapsed in his own bed after realizing an era had come to an end and it was over for him and the son he was grooming to become president. (pop-up)
Libya's Gaddafi criticized Tunisia's Ben Ali for fleeing to Saudi Arabia, yet when the time came, Africa's most feared dictator was begging teenagers to spare his life, as they tore his remaining hair out of his head and eventually executed him publicly, by stabbing him ruthlessly with a bayonet in his anus. (pop-up)
When the citizenry realize that those in power who oppress them are human beings like them, who wear their pants one leg at a time just like everybody else, they are brutal to the oppressor once he falls in the hands of the oppressed.
Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo used to make a lot of noise while president, and talked about crushing the opposition, in the end, he was dragged in the streets by the opposition like a chicken thief.
What was interesting about Ivory Coast is that it was the women who led the opposition and took to the streets demanding Gbagbo's exit. There is a saying that if the men won't lead when injustices happen, women will.
To lead they did, in Ivory Coast, and the pay off was the ouster of Gbagbo and his wife.
Women leading protests with a sign that reads: "Do not shoot we give life."
As the sons saw their mothers, grandmothers, sisters, aunts, nieces and wives in the streets protesting for a better future, the opposition became emboldened enough to arrest the once-feared dictator, who also has become a damnation of memory for West Africans.
Gbagbo being dragged by his very own body guards who turned on him after realizing one man alone should not deprive millions of Ivorians of their freedom and liberties.
Nkurunziza himself appeared not to want to go back to the mess in Burundi, yet the
Wall Street Journal reported that he was flown to Uganda, and had a meeting with Uganda's embattled ruler Museveni. After listening to Museveni, Nkurunziza made what could be his costliest mistake by forcing his way back to rule over people with an iron fist, rather than retire after two terms, and let a new generation lead. Unlike rulers, leaders inspire their people, and the Burundians are looking for a leader to do that.
The US issued a statement yesterday condemning the deaths that have occurred in the past four days and called on the Burundian government to provide the political space needed for a peaceful and credible electoral process, including through respect for the freedoms of peaceful assembly and expression.
"In this regard, we urge the Burundian government to permit the immediate resumption of broadcasts by independent radio stations, end the use of the term “insurgents” to refer to peaceful protesters, and withdraw the proclamation by the Burundian National Security Council prohibiting future demonstrations," the statement read in part.
Any meeting held by a club of dictators is useless and of no value to the citizens of Burundi—the only way to restore peace is for Nkurunziza to step down and ignore all the faulty advice he is being given.
One thing all these dictators have in common is that they do not have exit strategies and predictably, after enough blood has been spilled in Burundi, that president better pray he doesn't fall in the hands of the people he is currently oppressing.
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