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...This is a blatant violation of the Guinean constitution and a violation of African legality." - African Union peace and security commissioner Ramtane Lamamra, following Camara's rise to power (BBC.com...
...difficult to understand, all this violence. It shows a determination of the military to remain in power, and to destroy all resistance." - Bakary Fofana, a civil-society advocate, on the massacre (New York Times, Sept...
...cleaning up the country like only a soldier can. I support him. He should stay in power as long as it takes to finish the job." - Ousmane Sow, a carpenter and one of many who supported Camara in the early days of his rule (New York Times, March...
...alike that he plans to forge ahead, with no prospects of resigning or calling early elections. Not even the increasingly influential Northern League Party, which commands 10% support in polls and is growing in popularity, is interested in an early election, aware as they are that they owe their power to Berlusconi. Meanwhile, the center-left opposition is considered so weak and fractured that it may fear new elections more than anyone. (Read "Photos of Nude Partygoers Add to Berlusconi's Woes...
...guilty verdict in one of the corruption cases might knock Berlusconi out of office, though he has the right to appeal and try to hold on to power. Short of that, how else might all this end? Berlusconi's allies have increasingly alluded to a behind-the-scenes political coup they say is being orchestrated by a cabal of so-called poteri forti (strong powers) of Italian business and cultural élites who are allied with magistrates and foreign governments that are worried that Berlusconi has become a liability for political and economic stability. But even if there were such...