Monday 6 August 2012

Re: [wanabidii] Lake Malawi/Nyasa row: Time to show strong leadership

Purely idiot depicting his stupidity

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On Aug 6, 2012 7:45 PM, "daniel stephen" <danielstephen688@gmail.com> wrote:
Your sick, and disrespectful to women. There is nothing your complaining than praising for Presidents and ignore the current President.
Go to hell, and with such poor thinking you can't ruling even a family.


On 6 August 2012 16:58, Abdalah Hamis <hamisznz@gmail.com> wrote:
By Cedrick Ngalande

At around the time of independence quite a few people in Tanzania
wanted to claim a huge part of Lake Malawi or Lake Nyasa . Cool heads
eventually prevailed, as most Tanzanians, including the legendary
President Julius Nyerere, understood the importance of respecting
boundaries emanating from colonial times.

During most of Dr Kamuzu Banda's rule, Tanzania never really pushed
this crazy idea of dividing up the lake. The issue was almost
forgotten during the rule of Dr Bakili Muluzi and thereafter. In fact,
Dr Bingu wa Mutharika commissioned a company to start exploring oil in
the lake. Tanzania said nothing at that time.

Now we have a new president and all of sudden the Tanzanians are
demanding that our government stop all exploration activities in the
lake until all border issues have been clarified. Why now?

Folks, there is a reason why we have tradition. Tradition may appear
useless and outdated but it is important because it usually become
established after a long experience. In politics there is what is
known as 'presidential protocol'. These are small things which over
the years have proven to be niceties a president must or must not do
in order to represent his/her country correctly.

You would think some of them are not important but they are. Here are
a few of them – presidents never bow for other presidents in public;
presidents never escort anybody to their car; presidents walk with
their arms spread outwards apparently projecting power and being in
control; presidents usually put on a solid color (one color) necktie
because it portrays power; when two presidents greet each other while
facing the camera, each of them jostle to be on the right side so that
his palm will face the camera- another sign of power, apparently; when
in company of other presidents, they try to be the last one to enter
the door – a fatherly gesture; there is an interesting video clip of
Chairman Yassier Arafat and PM Ehud Barak jostling to be the last one
to enter a room at Camp David. The sight of President George W Bush
gently pushing PM Gordon Brown into Number 10 Downing Street before
himself angered some British political experts.

Statesmanship is a game because image is everything in international
politics. A country's image depends a lot on the demeanor of its
leader. President Barak Obama likes to pat other leaders on their back
after greeting them; you thought that was an unplanned coincidence?
Just remember, how your father used to pat you on the back when you
were a good boy!

It is said that Bill Clinton failed to get a good deal at his summit
with Boris Yelsin in Moscow because President Clinton having sprained
his ankle arrived in Moscow on a wheelchair. The sight of a sick
American president is said to have psychologically emboldened Boris
Yelsin. Ghana is said to have regained its respect in West Africa when
President J.J. Rawlings arrived at the 25th Organization of African
Unity meeting in Togo in July 2000 in a military uniform portraying a
very youthful image.

The presidency is acted on a world stage. What a president says and
does is very important!

When Joyce Banda took over the presidency, she made it appear like
Malawi will now be doing everything the donor community tells her to
do. In fact some British newspapers were so pleasantly surprised with
this that they called us 'a donor fearing nation'.

President Joyce Banda went to London and even bowed before Queen
Elizabeth, a very strange gesture considering that both are heads-of-
state. Well, all these words and actions have now collectively given
an image of a weak leadership in Malawi. The world has sensed blood.
Now Tanzania has decided it is time to split up the lake. Notice that
they did not bring up this crazy idea when Muluzi or Mutharika were in
charge.

If we dignify Tanzania's unreasonable request, one wonders what the
next thing will be. Are they now going to claim Chitipa? Will
Mozambique now claim Mulanje Mountain?

Government must make clear that no part of Malawi is up for discussion
– full stop! It is time to show strength. Tell Tanzania that Lake
Malawi was, is and will always be Malawian.

Surprisingly, after all these arrogant statements by the Tanzania
government, our government's response is at best a whimper. The
minister of foreign affairs has issued a statement saying the issue
will be settled 'amicably'. Really, Mr. Minister? What could be an
amicable statement? Are you planning to even dignify Tanzania's
unreasonable demand? Do you plan to divide up the lake? How can you
have an amicable settlement to an unreasonable demand?

http://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi/2012/08/06/lake-malawinyasa-row-time-to-show-strong-leadership/

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