Nigeria Still Leaderless, Arabs Still Not So Lucky……………
“The move by Dora Akunyili, the minister of communications and information, to give the presidency to Vice President Goodluck Jonathan was roundly rejected by other cabinet members, the BBC reported. Sources told the British broadcaster other ministers shouted down Akunyili. Yar'Adua, 58, has been hospitalized in Saudi Arabia since Nov. 23. Three days after his admission, doctors there said he had pericarditis, or inflammation of the heart lining. The current state of his health is unclear. In the past two months, motions have been filed in the court to replace Yar'Adua but Nigeria's high court and the cabinet have insisted that is unnecessary. Akunyili reportedly plans to introduce her motion again next week. A Nigerian newspaper, The Guardian, called her "the only man in the executive council." The situation is complicated by Nigeria's regional and sectarian divisions. Yar'Adua is from the Muslim north and Jonathan from the Christian south…………..”
Arab peoples can only sigh in envy: imagine being rid of a leader, and complaining about it! They can only wish they were so lucky. Of course Nigeria’s presidents don’t rule for life: they are not an Arab country. They’d even accept a heathen like Goodluck Jonathan if that means the departure of the dinosaurs and mummies from power.
Speaking of mummies: Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has refused to name or appoint a vice president since he came to power 29 years ago. He claims he does not want to impose on the Egyptian people who will rule them after he dies. He is lying to his teeth, of course. He was initially afraid that his deputy will get lucky, just as he did in 1981. More recently he has been setting things up so that his son will inherit the country, and rule it in partnership with the plutocrats he helped grow to the extent that they own the country.
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