First they talked about democracy, then they saw democracy as a tool.
They came to power in 2002.
Then they enjoyed the fruits of power.
Afterward, they wanted a Presidency, saying, "we will soar like this, we will fly like that,"
They said, "give the authority, see the impact," and in 2017, they changed the Constitution, took all the powers, and declared a Presidency.
Did we soar?
Of course not. But the dollar soared. Rents soared, prices soared.
Justice soared away, and the country's beautiful ethnic fabric flew out of our hands.
We started becoming Arabized.
There is no such thing as leaping forward, soaring, or flying in the country as they claimed.
It didn't happen, and it wouldn't have happened anyway. The economy wasn't going to soar. Because in presidential regimes around the world, the economy hasn't soared; it has collapsed.
With terms like Presidency, semi-Presidency, Presidential Government System, and Partisan Presidency, they took your sovereign authority from your hands and deceived you.
There is no presidential system in the world that develops its country. It hasn't happened outside of America. So what has happened?
Presidential systems have completely crippled countries and dragged them into disaster.
Examples?
For instance, Nigeria,
It was previously governed by a parliamentary system and a republican regime. It gained its independence from England in 1960, but in 1966, Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi staged a presidential coup, then staged another coup in 1975, another in 1976, then another, and another.
And after that, a process of coups began. And at the end of the coups, a civil war began. 60 years have passed since the presidential system, and Nigeria is now trying to get back on its feet after escaping the clutches of the Radical Islamic terror group Boko Haram.
Congo
The head of state was removed from office by a coup in 1963. Immediately after, an election was held, and Alphonse Massemba-Débat became president. This time, in 1968, a coup was staged against Massemba-Débat, and Alfred Raoul became president. Someone named Marien Ngouabi emerged, and this time he staged a coup against Raoul. Ngouabi, who came to power, changed the country's name and flag. He dissolved the parliament that objected to this. Then things got messy, and in 1979, Sassou-Nguesso came to power. He became the president.
And Nguesso has been the President ever since.
Bolivia
The presidential system has also devastated this country. The country has almost never found peace, and political life has been constantly interrupted. So far, there have been exactly 180 coups. More than 10 constitutions have been written, and 80 presidents have served. Most recently, in 2019, when Evo Morales fled abroad, Jeanine Anez declared herself president; her first act was to deport the Cuban doctors in the country.
Now Luis Arce is president, but the country is still in turmoil.
In Kenya, Jomo Kenyatta became President. As soon as he took office, he blocked all opposition formations. He appointed people from his own tribe, the Kikuyu tribe, to critical positions. He was elected president for three terms. His successor, Daniel Moi, shifted the state to a single-party rule following a coup attempt against him and committed extrajudicial killings against opposition representatives. And after that, President-elect Mwai Kibaki dissolved the parliament.
Suriname
In 1975, it was governed by a parliament elected by the people and a president. Desi Bouterse became president and took all the powers of the Parliament into his own hands. He rendered the Parliament ineffective. After that, coups, counter-coups, chaos, and civil war continued. Unrest never ceased. Then Henck Arron became president. Coups became so cheap in the country that in 1980, sergeants came together and staged the Sergeants' Coup. They brought Bouterse back to power. Bouterse is a drug trafficker. Don't say, "Can a sergeant stage a coup?" In a country where the people's right to sovereignty is usurped, anything can happen.
Chile
Pinochet came to power in Chile through a coup.
He declared himself president. He threw the opposition into concentration camps. He committed torture. He carried out extrajudicial killings. When he died, no one claimed his funeral. No state ceremony was held either. His family, fearing attacks, didn't even have a grave built and had his body cremated.
Uganda
In this country, while Edward Mutesa was president, his deputy Milton Obote staged a coup and removed President Mutesa from office. When Milton Obote went to Singapore for a meeting, this time Army Commander Idi Amin staged a coup against him. He seized control of the state administration. He massacred opponents. On his own decision, he declared war on Tanzania in 1978 and was defeated. When he was defeated, he fled the country. Milton Obote was brought back to the presidency, but he also rigged the election. As such, a civil war began in the country. Then, in 1986, Yoweri Museveni seized the country. He also declared himself head of state without holding any elections.
Museveni is still President...
Cameroon
In 1960, Ahmadou Ahidjo took the seat as president. And he established a dictatorship system. He only left office in 1982 due to health problems. Paul Biya succeeded Ahidjo. He won the 1984 elections and took all the powers into his hands. He prevented a coup against him and emerged victorious from the election in the same year. Now no one can remove him. Paul Biya has been president ever since 1982.
Sudan had a single unitary state, but it split when it switched to a presidential system. There became two Sudans.
Indonesia had a regime based on a presidential system. The country was divided into 21 regions administratively. And presidential and throne struggles never ceased.
In summary, this is what the presidential system is. It is chaos, civil war, ruin, and fragmentation.
In Iraq, Saddam Hussein was the Head of State; he was found in a blind hole and hanged. And then his country was torn apart.
In Libya, Gaddafi was the President, that is, the Head of State. He was perhaps the best of the heads of state for his people, but he was killed in a tragic way in a tunnel by his own people.
Don't say that America also has a presidential system. In America, there is a Supreme Court that is superior to the President. There is a senate. There is an independent state system, there is a judiciary. Above all, there is justice.
Where there is no justice, nothing else exists anyway.
Recently, economist Mahfi Eğilmez examined Turkey's Presidential System. After Turkey switched to the Presidential System, it fell to 10th from the bottom in the world in the "Misery Index" ranking. Imagine the rest.
In short, this is the presidential system.
It is poverty, misery, and dictatorship. Worse still, unfortunately, the Presidency is the end of a country.
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