the contrast is obvious,”

On the one hand, the press releases that come from the international community follow and resemble each other. The condemnations of the putsch are unanimous. From the United Nations to ECOWAS, including the African Union, the United States and France, it's the same story. We condemn and demand the release of President Alpha Condé. On the other hand,

inside the country, the social and political entities, one after the other, admit and welcome the act taken by the CNRD, the National Committee for Rally and Development.

Again, from the National Front for the Defense of the Constitution, the platform that opposed the third term, to the National Council of Civil Society Organizations, via the UFDG-ANAD of (the opponent) Cellou Dalein Diallo, the tone is more or less the same, namely that we welcome the coup, perceived as a liberating act

how can we be surprised that those who, from within, suffered martyrdom cannot have a point of view of the coup d'etat opposed to that of those who, outside, never took into account the gravity of the situation

?

If we want to put an end to the coups d'état on the African continent, the sub-regional and pan-African bodies should move away from the logic of mechanical solidarity between presidents.

As long as people do not know that they cannot rely on institutions, especially African and international, when they are in need, they will always find a way to break their chains.

Even if it damages the image of Africa in the process.

And that is why the condemnations that have been raining down since Sunday do not seem to attract the attention of anyone

think tank 

the return of military coups, authoritarianism and political dead ends everywhere are an indicator of the deterioration of the political and social situation in West Africa

we must condemn military coups and all forms of seizure of power by force and by unconstitutional means.

However, (we must also) reflect on the pathologies and democratic dysfunctions that create coups d'état and find them the right answers

ECOWAS has not been able to properly promote its Charter of Democracy and Good Governance to heads of government. State, in their autocratic drifts. And the situation is all the more desperate as the sub-regional or even continental institutions like the African Union, supposed to play the gendarmes, seem powerless to be respected when they are not simply lacking in firmness.

(...) In any case,

by not respecting the rules of the democratic game, African heads of state are rolling out the red carpet to the military for a comeback in the forefront of the political scene.

And if the international community threw in the trash this record crossed out of condemnations of military coups d'état and replaced it with a whole new one of condemnations against the bullying suffered daily by the people, the muzzling of the press, the embarrassment of opponents, the repression of demonstrators with bare hands, the asphyxiation of civil society, bad governance, and constitutional coups

?

Yes,

before talking about the restoration of the rule of law in Conakry, the paragons of democracy, that imposed on Africans, did they even wonder, if Guinea, as much under Alpha Condé as under Moussa or Dadis Camara in its time, has been a rule of law, or just a state

?