Comores: Ligue Panafricaine – Umoja – Comores: La Solidarite avec le Peuple en lutte pour sa Liberation est Urgente (22.01.2024)

RDC: Communique Commun Peuple Congolais, Levons-Nous Pour Sauver La Nation (18.01.2024)

RDC: Conference Episcopale Nationale du Congo (CENCO) – Declaration (16.01.2024)

Comores: Assoumani’s second heist…

Clashes break out in Moroni after the announcement of the presidential results. Soldiers were deployed to Moroni, after incidents which broke out on Wednesday January 17 in the morning in the Comoros. Protest movements were noted in several points of the capital in reaction to the proclamation of the provisional results of the presidential election on Tuesday with the re-election of President Azali Assoumani. While international observers judged the vote to be generally free and transparent, the opposition and part of the population began to express their disagreement” (France-Afrique MÉDIA, 17.01.2024).

The last time Azali Assoumani did the deed and secured himself longer time in the office was before the 2019 elections. As the constitution was made so the different islands of the Union of Comores held the Executive. That’s why by the last election in 2019 he had secured himself a life-line and now he extends it yet again in 2024. That means he has been in office since 2014 and he plans to linger.

The opposition is right in addressing him, as the big-man and tyrant he is. Assoumani have already been known for arresting journalists and activists. That is something he has done for years now and isn’t new. The police brutality was dire after the election in 2019 and this year will be no different.

The rotation between Anjouan, Grande Comore and Mohéli. That legislation has already been reversed and the 2019 elections should have been a sign on how things would go in 2024. The ones believing Assoumani would do the right thing is long gone. He is used to having power and is now about to start his third term.

The protests and riots in Moroni won’t hurt him much. It will just galvanize him, as he knows he controls things and he just have to hope the sentiment dies down. That’s what happened after the 2019 election and could easily happen now too. Even if this is the second time he pulled this trick.

No one should be shocked or surprised by this. The moment he held a referendum and went for a re-election in 2019. The 2024 election would be a formality. His intentions was clear as day and now is obvious for anyone to see.

Assoumani intends to rule for life and never ever step down from office. This is why his on his third term. He is on the way to die in office and hold an iron fist over it. That’s the end-game here and he will not let go.

All tricks of the trade will be used. We have to expect mass-arrests and disregard of the will of the people. The President and his henchmen will be on alert and prepare to use for to silence the people. Because, he isn’t a popular figure or a real victor. A real winner would have jubilation and celebrations after an election. However, here it is protest and burning tires, which means his not that beloved. There is plenty of reasons for that and many people who has been hurt by his orders. Therefore, things aren’t looking good.

Assoumani might think that his been clever. The incumbent might act like he got it all and is Teflon. However, there is never a time where he is totally safe. Since the public outcry and desperation will only grow deeper with time. They will feel disfranchised and taken for granted. That will boil over and a few days of curfew might not be the cure to stop the sentiment for unloading in the general public.

Assoumani didn’t win anything. He took it and this is the second time his doing just that. Peace

RDC: MOE CENCO-ECC – Mission d’Obersvation Electorale CENCO-ECC – Communique No. 001 (11.01.2024)

Opinion: The Electoral Commission is “fixed” for the 2026 election

The ones believing in the General Elections of 2026, the newly appointed Chairman and Commissioners are telling. It isn’t compelling or even trying to be independent. The Electoral Commission is ready assembled to rubber-stamp and pre-approve a majority or a victory on behalf of the regime.

At this point, it is just going through the motions. All elections since 1996 has been like that to certain degree. Nevertheless, the more time that goes and the more times things repeats itself. It just shows that its done for legitimacy sake and not in concern with the will of the people. The people are just there as pawns and for show. To look like something is going down, but in reality we all knew what would initially happen.

The National Resistance Movement and the President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni aren’t playing around. That’s why the Electoral Commission is filled with cronies and token loyalist of the President. These won’t serve the interests of the people, but rather ensure prolonged agony for everyone else involved.

The opposition can try to do the same ting again, as they have done in 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016 and 2021. However, with that in mind… they will not go anywhere and will only be serial losers, because the whole state apparatus and the machinery is built against them.

The ballots are just a figment of imagination, as the numbers and algorithms are created to fit one narrative and one narrative only. The other stories doesn’t matter and why should they? There is only “one man with a vision” and “one old man with the hat”. The rest are just hoodlums, parasites and useless lazy citizens who doesn’t know better.

The Pan-African spirit and the patriotic act is to be indifferent and accept this fate. That there is only one who is fit and the rest are just window-dressing. They are there for a front and to make people believe in Multi-Party-ism, but we know the game.

This game isn’t made for the players, but made for the ones appointing the referees. It don’t matter if the players are more skilled, fit or has the technique to impress. No, they will be fouled, loose and be destroyed by technicalities. They might get some feeling of “victory” but they will never ever be close to a real win. That’s because the referee and VAR was already prepared for their loss. This is why the appointments of the EC is so vital.

President Museveni now knows he has people who will serve him and they will do it diligently. Even if they have to do it in darkness under social media ban or internet blockade. The EC have to deliver and make it seems legit. Not that it has to be honest or sincere, transparent or even fair. As long as Museveni and NRM comes ahead of the them all. That is all that counts, the rest is just a play for the international press and to give hope to the hopeless.

This President doesn’t play and he never believed in the will of the people to begin with. He wanted to postpone election and didn’t believe in multi-party elections either. This man wanted to rule supreme and without questions. That’s what he fought for in the bush and it shows.

The appointments of the EC proves that. The ones who has faith in 2026 is delusional. It won’t work and we all can see it from far away. Peace.

RDC: Declaration du 06 Janvier 2024 le Sursaut Citoyen (06.01.2024)

RDC: Union pour la Democratie et le Progres Social (UDPS) – Communique No. 01 (06.01.2024)

Sénégal: Collectif des Avocats de Monsieur Ousmane Sonko – Communique de Presse (05.01.2024)

RDC: Declaration Conjointe CENCO-ECC a la Suite de l’Observation Electorale pour la Justice et la Paix Post-Electorales (04.01.2024)