Will Captain Camara cause Guinea's downfall?

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Still in shock after the bloody crackdown that cost the lives of 157 people on Monday in Conraky, Guineans wait in apprehension for their junta leader’s next move. One of our Observers gives us his view of captain Moussa Dadis Camara’s nine months in office.

The Head of Guinea’s military junta has tried to distance himself from the bloodbath that took place in Conraky stadium on Monday, when government troops opened fire on thousands of opposition protesters. Camara claims he doesn’t control the army, but his image as a peaceful transition leader after former president Conté’s death is in shambles, and many Guineans view him as nothing more than a dictator.

Although his political and economic achievements after nine months in office are considered mediocre at best, Captain Camara readily sees himself in the presidential seat for good.

"It's partly true when he says he doesn’t control the army"

Noel Etienne Gnimassou is a technician in an aluminium plant in Fria, north of Conraky.

I commented the situation in Guinea for the Observers in December 2008, on the death of president Conte. At the time, I said the country needed change.

We wanted to believe Camara could bring change, that the country’s situation would evolve in a positive direction. Nine months later, the result is very disappointing. The economy is still sluggish, we can feel that in the aluminium plant I work in.

Captain Camara is an incompetent leader. He was active during the first three months after he seized power: he fought against corruption, forced the old generals close to former president Conté to retire and tackled drug trafficking. But gradually he began to feel too comfortable in the president’s role, and we’ve known for months that he won’t keep his promise not to run for office. I believe his circle of supporters pushed him to hold on to power when he was hesitating.

It’s partly true when he say’s he doesn’t control the army, although he’s mainly saying that to wash his hand’s of Monday’s massacre. The army here is more a combination of armed groups rather than one national force. However, the two days of “national mourning” proclaimed by Camara are a mascarade, it’s completely hypocritical. He’s trying to sooth the international community because he’s afraid of being brought to justice."

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HE'S AN IDIOT!

Submitted by Unregistered user (not verified) on Sat, 17/10/2009 - 00:24.

Captain Camara needs to either wake up and be the leader he claims to be or just get out of the way and let someone who is willing to protect and serve Guinea rightly. He's letting it all go to his head. What real leader can't control his army? How can he just wash his hands of the matter like that? This is supposed to be his homeland. He should man up and stop acting like a wuss. Simply, a real man is a real leader . This man ... not.

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A fool Dog

Submitted by Unregistered user (not verified) on Sat, 10/10/2009 - 16:56.

Camara is a mothere fucker like he is,but God is not sleeping he should wait for his time.he should be burt to holand and face justics

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Dadis must leave the power.

Submitted by ibrahimc (not verified) on Fri, 02/10/2009 - 19:49.

To be honest I do not blame but Dadis for the problem of guinea. Guineans are the one to blame because they had all these chances to end militarism to destroy all the foundations of freedom and democracy .Guineans should never leave their country in searching for better life because had blessed them with many things: Good soil for agriculture, Natural resources, and Good human resources.
Because of their greed , they cannot understand each other .
Because of their selfiness they will never build democratic country.
Because of their lack of education , they will never develop their country .
Because of their hatery , they will accept that are the problem.
All they know is stealling our poor populations.
All they can do is to sell our country to the big cooporations

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DADIS HAS FAILED

Submitted by DIALLO THIERNO (not verified) on Wed, 30/09/2009 - 22:17.

DADIS (Death Authorizer by Drug Inoculation Structure) is the purest criminal and horrific patriot ever the Guinean people have got in their history with grand H. The 28 September 2009 date represent Guinea’s 11th September 2001 of the US, therefore we people of Guinea we will not stop chasing DADIS as America to terrorists. We the people of Guinea will be again out in order to be killed while serving our country as the people who died inside the twin towers of the wall street.
Everyone clams that DADIS did stop drug dealers, did he? Anyway after the first three month of his office we did until now did not see any drug seizure, and despite that the master dealer (Ousman Conte son of former president Conte) was accommodated in the Military Camp Alpha Yaya (article in www.guineenews.org while Ousmane in the balcony at 2nd floor) where he’s doing better life than ever. So drug dealing has become “affair d’etat”. The prove of the my statement happened on the 28th September 2009 when, according to Cellou Dalain Diallo (www.guineenews.org ), opposition leader, that everything went well with the gendarmerie and the police until the presidential military security arrived.
What is the next move: all Guineans will be out on the 2nd October 2009 at the same place and will be massacred again. So we urge the DADIS sociatyto get ready with munitions and weapon of mass destruction.

Enough is enough
Diallo Thierno

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