Power – Party – Coup A series of brutal acts to obstruct transition: is this the PNDS?

Niger has experienced at least five coups in its history, but these internal reversals of power have never been met with protests like the ones we are experiencing today, when everyone knew that the leaders of the old system were swept out without paying great attention to the people, believing that they fully deserved what happened to them. Diori and Ali Tsaibou (the latter was the victim of a coup due to the manipulation of a certain public opinion that ended up overthrowing him) were driven from power; First, despite having many African friends around him, he remained humble so as not to take any actions against the country that would try to destabilize it, because he would lose power, undoubtedly understanding that it was not the end of the world, as President Ousmane said many years later, and for him, another life was possible after the presidency. Ali Tsaibou, faced with the powerful forces of the self-righteous state, which he discovered years later that it was a huge scam and conspiracy against the country, never tried to stop the course of history, at least persisted in resistance so that through the country, despite the excesses and excesses of some immature youth, the country did not fall into chaos, but bravely collaborated with the participants of the National Conference so that the country and its people remained a livable and safe country. Years later, we have to admit the wisdom of this man, power never made him lose his mind, he would endure everything from those slanderers who even attacked his honor and the dignity of his father. As we have seen elsewhere, the coming to power of these people is enough for them to mix private life and family in the political game, no longer have any arguments, forget their favorite slogan – the power of arguments – to go to waste and slander those for whom we are all responsible. They even want to drag the memory of Seyni Kountché through the mud. Because they have power, they believe they can do anything.

Mamadou Tandja was also a victim of the coup, despite having the most established, largest and most inclusive party in the country. Yet no one, not even those who might have had reason to accuse him of what he had done to them when they were on the same political ground, dared to take some retaliatory steps to make him pay, for example, forgetting. a person’s friendship. But we know that it was the actors we sympathize with today who pushed him astray.

But why is the sky going to fall on Niger today when we launch a coup against PNDS? Now, who doesn’t know how much their management has tested the country because they never expected sympathy from the people which they did not deserve? Can’t they see the great relief that Nigeriens have gained after this coup which has freed the people from plunder, injustice, persecution and cynicism? The country suffered too much during the revival of PNDS, which left the Nigeriens with the worst memories of their lives.

Even sadder is that we cannot expect these socialists to learn from their defeat. They thought it must be them, today and forever. They are wrong. Therefore, we cannot make the mistake that these people will never change, no matter which side they claim to be on, in the current context, due to the fragmentation of their party, it finally succumbed to the contradictions that run through it. But they do not want to stop there, they want a war to destroy the country; Uhumudu does not even know how the country can resist a series of sanctions decided by ECOWAS on the orders of Emmanuel Macron, disappointed with the collapse of his third pillar in the Sahel.

So can the PNDS do this to Nigeriens and Nigeriens? Are we supposed to believe that Niger will never interest them and that they will enter politics to conquer Niger in their sole – mafia – interest? Is this socialism? It is pathetic. Under our skies, socialism has been a disappointment. So have his men.

Losing power, they are in a trance, hurling insults and slander, shouting from the rooftops that Dongo is going to fall on the Niger. They are resisting because they do not want to accept that a coup will overthrow them, as has often happened in the country, and their management has not reached the threshold of drift like the reborn. The oil that is pouring in has intoxicated them. Therefore, at home, the leaders try to demonstrate, but they understand that the national atmosphere cannot help them, and when they finally understand that the soldiers are not here to have fun, not to fight the tide of history. They seek other means, especially the excuse of supporting the CNSP and the transition and the use of misinformation.

Other exiles, since they have found a way to disguise their departure from the country, believe that they can remotely incite opposition to the CNSP and the transition, relaying the speeches of Emmanuel Macron, who wants to convince people that the new authorities are illegitimate and that they need to leave Paris to exercise power, refusing to take into account the sovereigntist winds sweeping the country. They have too much confidence in their fight, with the support of ECOWAS. They forget that only Nigeriens can now make decisions for their country.

This is how they appealed to the international community, ordering ECOWAS to impose sanctions to suffocate their people by closing borders, isolating their country, depriving them of food and medicine; They even called for a military attack on their country, thinking that it could burn as long as they were not in power. But all this failed and for a few days we saw Plan B unfold before our eyes, for which Riza Ag Bula returned to the guerrillas, promising to reduce the country to ashes and maybe they would come to rule it. Successfully installed. In fact, for a few days we have learned on social networks about attacks claimed by armed groups and kidnappings of authorities, so that today must be in the closet of history for defending the lost cause of Bazoum, if not the National Democratic Party. Niger needs to move forward and cannot bear the groans of actors who are experiencing political pain because they have not done good for Niger and its people. They like to fly.

So is this what these people promised us? As long as they are not in power, as long as they are not the ones who govern, then there will be chaos? But can political adversity reach such a level of cynicism?

Have they forgotten that they considered all the post-National Conference coups normal, believing that they opened a path for them to come to power, for which they accommodated the mutineers and supported and executed the government’s apology for their benefit. Saving trick? Nigeriens have not forgotten. They have not forgotten anything. Why, when we killed a sitting president of the same country, no one did anything to blame the entire country to the point of wanting another to destroy it, and today, while we have not touched anyone’s hair, the sabotage of our oil pipelines, attacks and hostage-taking do not address the problem of those who committed such acts, nor that of Bazoum, Issoufou Mahamadou or the wider National Security Agency. Niger is more important than everything!

Nothing will ever be the same in this country. This is the message from the CNSP. This is his promise to the people, to the future of this country, and it deserves to be. Niger needs peace, and this is what all Nigeriens are working for. Those who turn away from it will pay the price. The CNSP promises to create all the conditions for peace to return, to keep out of harm’s way all those who, with unspeakable hatred, wish to destroy this country, because the management of this country has escaped from them, and they can no longer own its wealth as they did in 1999. The Renaissance.

There are good signs: those who attacked the pipeline, those who kidnapped the governor of Birma, know that they are now the grill, hunted, and we will flay them like the heroic army that last week eliminated Abdoulaye Suleiman Idouar, a nasty and influential member of the Islamic State group in a military raid in the Tillaberi region on Friday.

The Niger of today cannot be the Niger that Nigeriens knew during the Renaissance. Yes, this country will change! This is our belief. This is our hope.

Gobandi (World Today)