{"id":33256,"date":"2024-08-15T19:31:15","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T19:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/togo\/politique\/la-democratie-nest-pas-une-affaire-divine"},"modified":"2024-08-15T19:58:59","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T19:58:59","slug":"la-democratie-nest-pas-une-affaire-divine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/togo\/dossiers\/la-democratie-nest-pas-une-affaire-divine","title":{"rendered":"La d\u00e9mocratie n\u2019est pas une affaire divine."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Togo. <\/strong><\/span>Dans un re\u0301cent e\u0301ditorial, Cyr Adomayakpor tente de justifier le maintien au pouvoir du chef d\u2019E\u0301tat Faure Gnassingbe\u0301 en invoquant la volonte\u0301 divine. Cette malheureuse rhe\u0301torique soule\u0300ve de se\u0301rieuses questions sur la nature du pouvoir et la responsabilite\u0301 politique dans un E\u0301tat moderne.<\/p>\n<p>Rappelons une ve\u0301rite\u0301 fondamentale: dans une de\u0301mocratie, le pouvoir e\u0301mane du peuple, non des cieux. L\u2019ide\u0301e que Dieu \u00ab donne \u00bb et \u00ab reprend \u00bb les dirigeants rele\u0300ve d\u2019une conception archai\u0308que de la gouvernance, incompatible avec les principes re\u0301publicains. Ce discours, qui flirte dangereusement avec la the\u0301ocratie, ne saurait masquer les de\u0301fis re\u0301els auxquels le Togo est confronte\u0301.<\/p>\n<p>L\u2019action politique ne se mesure pas a\u0300 l\u2019aune de la ferveur religieuse. Elle s\u2019e\u0301value a\u0300 travers des indicateurs concrets: croissance e\u0301conomique, re\u0301duction de la pauvrete\u0301, respect des liberte\u0301s fondamentales. Sur ces points, le bilan reste implacable, comme en te\u0301moignent les rapports d\u2019organisations internationales inde\u0301pendantes.<\/p>\n<p>L\u2019auteur fustige ceux qui s\u2019opposent au re\u0301gime, les qualifiant de \u00ab fabulateurs \u00bb et d\u2019\u00ab ennemis \u00bb. N\u2019est-ce pas la\u0300 le langage classique de tout pouvoir qui refuse la critique ? La preuve, 92 Togolais sont en prison depuis plus de six ans pour avoir re\u0302ve\u0301 d\u2019un Togo libre et de\u0301mocratique. Ce sont 92 prisonniers politiques de trop. Libe\u0301rez-les !<\/p>\n<p>Une de\u0301mocratie saine se nourrit du de\u0301bat, pas du culte de la personnalite\u0301. Les citoyens togolais aspirent le\u0301gitimement a\u0300 l\u2019alternance, garante du renouveau politique.<\/p>\n<p>Invoquer une \u00ab onction divine \u00bb pour justifier la longe\u0301vite\u0301 au pouvoir est un stratage\u0300me e\u0301cule\u0301. L\u2019histoire regorge d\u2019exemples de dirigeants qui, se croyant investis d\u2019une mission ce\u0301leste, ont conduit leur pays a\u0300 la ruine. C\u2019est notamment le cas de son pe\u0300re, Gnassingbe\u0301 Eyade\u0301ma qui s\u2019est maintenu au pouvoir pendant 38 ans en nous re\u0301pe\u0301tant cette rengaine: \u00ab Dans ma prie\u0300re quotidienne, je dis toujours, si ce que je fais est bon, que Dieu me laisse continuer. Mais si ce que je fais est mauvais, que Dieu me barre la route. \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>La vraie grandeur d\u2019un leader re\u0301side dans sa capacite\u0301 a\u0300 accepter les limites de son mandat et a\u0300 pre\u0301parer sa succession.<\/p>\n<p>Le Togo me\u0301rite mieux qu\u2019un de\u0301bat the\u0301ologique ste\u0301rile. Il a besoin d\u2019une vision pragmatique pour relever ses de\u0301fis: diversification e\u0301conomique, lutte contre la corruption, renforcement des institutions de\u0301mocratiques. C\u2019est sur ces terrains que Faure Gnassingbe\u0301 sera juge\u0301, pas sur sa pre\u0301tendue proximite\u0301 avec le divin.<\/p>\n<p>Et comme le disait Montesquieu: \u00ab Pour qu\u2019on ne puisse abuser du pouvoir, il faut que, par la disposition des choses, le pouvoir arre\u0302te le pouvoir. \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>La ve\u0301ritable providence d\u2019une nation re\u0301side dans la force de ses institutions, pas dans la longe\u0301vite\u0301 de ses dirigeants. Il est temps que le Togo embrasse pleinement cette sagesse re\u0301publicaine.<\/p>\n<p>TogoSansPrisonniersPolitiques<\/p>\n<p>Gnimde\u0301wa Atakpama<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pour plus d&rsquo;informations et d&rsquo;analyses sur la <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Togo<\/span>, suivez <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Togo. 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