Africa-Press – Angola. The Angolan political analyst Osvaldo Mboco highlighted, this Monday, the importance of the African continent to create monitoring systems, to contain the risks and threats against the rule of law and democracy.
Osvaldo Mboco was speaking to press about the political-military situation in Gabon, where soldiers took power early on Wednesday (30th), following a coup d’état.
The analyst defended a more active intervention by the intelligence services and the sharing of information, to face possible coups d’état.
The also university professor considered it important that the Community of Central African States (CEEAC) and the African Union (AU) not only condemn coups d’état.
They must “engender policies and strategies aimed at restoring the constitutional order that has been altered”, said Osvaldo Mboco, who recalled the existence of the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Good Governance.
According to the political analyst, the AU has condemned military coups and not constitutional ones, having warned of the fact that “constitutional coups result from a maneuver, from a legal point of view (…) to place certain figures in power”.
For university professors, ECCAS and other regional blocs in Africa need to act more proactively and not reactively.
In the analyst’s view, a “more proactive reaction” involves a collective defense and security model where intelligence communities can exchange privileged information.
For Osvaldo Mboco, the mechanisms created mainly by the AU, including the Peace and Security Council, have been unable to halt the wave of coups d’état on the continent.
Power in the hands of the military
On the occasion, the university professor warned of the danger of power being taken over by the military, under the risk of dictatorial governments and of a setback in the field of fundamental rights and guarantees of citizens.
He recalled that dictatorial governments almost always call into question the institutions of the Democratic State and the rule of law.
“We have great dangers at the level of a government headed by a military junta (…). They have a strategy to extend their period in government”, he noted.
For the press interlocutor, another danger of a military junta in power is the possibility of a coup d’état within the other.
“If a certain military group understands that matters are not being handled as planned, or their interests are called into question, they can launch another coup d’état, if they have the capacity to do so.
In another aspect, the analyst sees, in what he considered vulnerability of the borders of some African States, new risks for terrorism, smuggling and different types of trafficking.
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