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supporters of Macky Sall celebrating his victory
I was impressed by the kind of democracy that has taken place in Senegal.Mackey Sall (Former Prime Minister of Senegal) was voted as the new President of Senegal whilst the former president, Abdoulaye Wade submissively stepped down from power after a 12year rule when the people of Senegal voted him out of power.
This kind of democracy is absent from countries
such as Zimbabwe and Angola in comparison where there are no free and fair
elections and the presidents are still clinging to power up to now.
Some rulers have even gone to the extent
of rigging elections so that they could stay in power, such was the case in
Zimbabwe in the 2008 elections. The 12 years of rule is decent as compared to
President Mugabe’s years in power and the Angolan President Dos Santos’
years. What also moved me as I was watching the evening news yesterday is
seeing the bright faces of the people in Senegal, how they were hopeful for a
brighter future now that they had a new ruler whom they had elected into power.
Among the goals set by Macky Sall included reducing the Presidential
term to 5 years. I believe that democracy in a country can take place when
citizens are free to vote for any candidate they wish to represent them and if
they are not satisfied with the President they would have chosen, they are free
to vote him out of power in the process of free and fair elections.
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Tuesday, 27 March 2012
Macky Sall becomes the new President of Senegal
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