(JollofNews) – ECOWAS is just that….. You helped to restore democracy in The Gambia but then yesterday you elected a dictator as your Chair, a man, the President of Togo, who voted against your plan to institute a two-term limit in our region.
Adding insult to injury, you invited Benjamin Netanyahu, prime minister of Israel to your meeting as if you don’t know his brutality and destruction in Palestine, as if you care less about the precious lives he is daily taking. You helped the Gambia but tacitly supporting the human rights violations of other people. Triple hypocrisy.
And yes, Netanyahu has restored full diplomatic ties with Senegal “broken” after that country sponsored a resolution on Palestine at the UN (he and Macky Sall had a side meeting at the ECOWAS summit). Why? Because he needs Senegal’s support for a non-voting seat in the Security Council.
Don’t tell me this is realpolit. Or that foreign policy is devoid of conscience and morality.
Guess my grandmother is right: one cannot be a politician and remain principled and honest.
Maybe to be Chairman is to reform the wayward ? Jammeh must be spitting feathers/
I find it amusing that Njundu brought up this issue, hypocricy implies knowledge, truth is most African leaders/despots are stupid and are clueless about world order, politics and economics. These men are by far no good hooligans who find themselves in a monkey suit ( uniform ), entrusted with a weapon by political opportunist , managing affairs of state, subjects they do not care about, nor are able to comprehend. Of course their natural choice will be an imbecile like the Togolese “president “. Even Gambia’s own incompetent buffoon, former “president” Yahya Jammeh once sort this position.
ECOWAS a waste of resources that individual countries could use for the development of their countries. A shame to west Africans. A looting machinery as evident in the FORMER ECOMOG in Liberia and elsewhere. Senegal has always wanted a puppet regime in Banjul for their selfish interest. Lets keep in denial until the country is finally taken over by the Senegalese.