Vanguard (Lagos)
29 December 2008
The leader of Guinea's coup has said contracts for the country's vital mining industry will be reviewed and pledged to stamp out corruption. Without naming firms, Capt Moussa Dadis Camara told a public meeting in Conakry that any contracts found to be "defective" would be revised. Capt Camara took power after the death of President Lansana Conte last week Monday.
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This is false hope of instant gratification. Where in history was a junta able to establish and run a succesful government ? Fighting military wars is not the same as building and running a country. Now the junta wants to renegotiate mining agreements and contracts - but on whose behalf ? How are the rest of Guineans able to have an effective in put to what is being renegotiated ?
The junta must hand power back to the Guinean people who are the only experts at figuring out what is good for their collective interests.
Governments by junta offer instant gratification, or escapism, like movies. It is a fantasy by daydreamers to think that in long run the junta will fix any countrys problems.