Caramba wrote:Hats off to the AU for asserting Pan Africanism and resolving that no sitting head of state will ever stand accused in any court of law.
However, a friend who lost relatives during the 2007 PEV posed the following scenario :
Supposing one of the Westgate attackers we saw on cctv firing at innocent people slipped back into his country and ran for president in one of the breakaway Somalia republics and gets elected by popular vote.The guy then goes ahead to entrench a new constitution declaring him life president.
Now picture the guy turning up at the AU summit in Addis Ababa:
1) Will the AU roll out the red carpet for him when he turns up for the meeting?
2) Will our leaders, some of whom lost relatives at Westgate, receive him with hugs like they do to the likes of Al Bashir, Mugabe, Jammeh, etc?
3) Will the AU stick to it's resolution that no head of state can be tried in any court of law?
And the guy, with the help of brilliant lawyers like Khan and firebrands like Matsanga, can always convince the world that the cctv footage was doctored.
What a kill joy angle you introduce.
I would rather take after the Ostrich.
And while at it, the buzz word is head of State whether self declared or via millitarry coup thats secondary.
May be we are mistaken, the path taken by our leaders might be the route to greater advancement, security and Justice for the Continent.
Just as absolute power corrupts leaders, so does absolute fanaticism blind the people from logic