2023-06-06 16:40:04
We cannot deny it. The last two weeks have been punctuated by two measures whose objective is, obviously, to clean up the fetid air that no nostril could no longer bear in the socio-political landerneau. We first note the release of three intractable civil society activists: Oumar Sylla alias Foniké Mangué, Ibrahima Diallo and Billo Bah. After taking them out of the five-star hotel in Coronthie where Alpha Grimpeur had thrown them, Colonel Doum-bouillant and his flock had put them back there. And here again are these three repeat offenders still breathing the air of freedom. Their comrades from FNDC loudly demanded their release. A non-negotiable prerequisite for their participation in the process of inclusive inter-Guinean dialogue. The other gesture of the authorities of the Transition to ease the atmosphere a little more is the lifting of the judicial control measures weighing on political leaders, including Oussou Faux-Fana of the UFDG and the Soropogui of the party ” Our Common Values ».
Certainly, we do not yet have the relaxation of the beginning of the CNRD era, but we are going there. “It is not necessary to hope in order to undertake nor to succeed in order to persevere”. These two gestures are not insignificant. The authorities see this as perceptible signals of their desire to preserve the inclusive nature of the dialogue process. It is to be hoped that this is well understood on the other side, and has the expected impact so that it is not a simple stroke of the sword in the water, Mount Kakoulima giving birth to a mouse. It is important that everyone dilute their “jindjan” concentrate a little more so that this beverage becomes more digestible, tickles the taste buds, irritates the throat a little. Any dialogue process requires from the protagonists a small dose of good faith and a strong dose of abnegation, but also of love for the country. A Konon proverb says: “accepting an invitation is not equivalent to accepting the object”. It’s just being polite. The former president of the United States, John Kennedy, to mock oversized egos, remarked that “politeness is not a sign of weakness”. Far from it.
While waiting for other gestures from the authorities, those who do not believe in dialogue should send us, populos and grotos alike, signs of their wish for a rapid return to constitutional order. Already, a glimmer of hope is emerging on the horizon where, it must be admitted, heavy clouds laden with showers are hanging around. For example, to clear the horizon and loosen the leaden screed that grips society, the radical wing of civil society, little inclined to compromise, could observe in its demonstrations a periodic truce during which it would propose to the CNRD and at government, one or more proposals for realistic and constructive solutions to end the crisis. The moral and intellectual honesty as well as the good faith of each other will do the rest.
Moreover, Guinean society frankly bathes in a terrible atmosphere of mistrust and general mistrust. Trust is a rare commodity that attracts few people. In the political and social microcosm, each suspects that the other has a hidden agenda, a “clandestine” roadmap. It is agreed that these are obstacles to the success of a real dialogue. However, the exchanges carried out within the framework of inclusive inter-Guinean dialogue should be a factor in accelerating the dynamics of the return to constitutional order, a sine qua non condition for the organization of the various elections impatiently awaited by all. Politicians and politicos should remember this pun of checkers players: “Who loses wins”.
Abraham Dore
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