The Guinean head of state, who was applauded several times, denounced what he saw as a government model that was “imposed” by the West. A Western model that he considers to have failed on the continent. “Africa is suffering from a model of government that has been imposed on us, a model that is certainly good and effective for the West, which designed it throughout its history, but which finds it difficult to move on and adapt to our reality,” he explained before the general meeting. “Unfortunately I would like to say that the transplant did not work. »
The junta leader also denounced the “categorizations” into which other nations seek to confine African states. “We are neither pro nor anti-American, nor pro nor anti-Chinese, nor pro nor anti-French, nor pro nor anti-Russian. We’re just pro-Africans, that’s all. Putting us under the thumb of this or that power is an insult to a population of more than a billion Africans, including about 70% of completely uninhibited young people, he stressed. Young people are open-minded and determined to take their destiny into their own hands. »
Mamadi Doumbouya then called on the international community to “look at Africa with new eyes” and to “engage openly with the continent in the spirit of a win-win partnership.”
The international community must look at Africa with fresh eyes.
For once he eschewed his uniform and beret in favor of a large white boubou and a hat, defending himself from being “another scumbag who wants to twist the neck of democracy, another soldier who wants to impose his dictatorship.” “The coup leader is not just the one who takes up arms and overthrows a regime,” he said. “The real coup plotters, the most numerous, who are not subject to conviction, are also those who plot, deceive and deceive in order to manipulate the texts of the Constitution in order to remain in power forever,” he denounced.
He himself says that he took measures in Guinea “to save our country from complete chaos.” “We only have one concern: the well-being of people and coexistence,” he assured. I put my uniform at the service of my people. I would be grateful if you would respect these oaths. The Sahel is experiencing one of the most serious events in its very ancient history, but has the necessary resources to face it. For this reason, ECOWAS, whose calling was the economy, must stop interfering in politics and promote dialogue. »
He invoked both Africa’s maturity and youth to call for a break with the old world order while defending non-alignment. “Papa’s Africa, old Africa, it’s over,” he said. “It is time to consider our rights and give ourselves our space. But also and above all the moment to stop lecturing us, to stop looking down on us and to stop treating us like children,” he said.