How does the head of state of Mauritania Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz, and how is it perceived by the public and politicians? Investigation.
In Nouakchott, garlands of green and yellow flags hang from the lampposts. The portrait of President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz, spread over the front of the Chinguitty Bank (Libya), alongside a photo of a dashing Muammar Gaddafi. A few blocks away, a telecom company has invested in a poster of 4 m by 3. She wished a happy birthday "to his Excellency the President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania." Usually austere face of Nouakchott displays a smile that official mid-December. But the contours of the fiftieth anniversary of independence should not be abused.
Day 28 November was sober. The military parade was not held. It would have stripped the troops, who face another emergency: the surveillance of the territory, threatened by Al Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). Heads of state of the neighborhood were not invited. It would have been necessary to organize a ceremony with great fanfare, that "Aziz" was considered too expensive. On 27 November, it set the tone in a speech just not paying into complacency: "The absence of a clear political and economic vision, lack of anchorage of the concept of general interest, the phenomenon of mismanagement and poor management "have quickly been right the first stirrings of independence, he accused. He continued: "It is inconceivable, after half a century, our country is still at a stage of development as low. "There follows a detailed list and figures" many major development projects. " The mismanagement
legacy
Here is the method Aziz: castigate the past with accents moralist promise to support projects, a better tomorrow. Since coming to power by coup 6 August 2008, former general criticizes without ever naming the legacy of Maaouiya Ould Taya (overthrown in 2005). For twenty-one years, colonel in the Adrar ruled unchallenged while Aziz watched over his safety, as director of the Presidential Security Battalion. An ideal position to observe the system of dividing up the state took over. It benefits the collusion between politicians and tribal overtones businessmen. This is the famous "mismanagement" and now nemesis leitmotif of presidential speeches.
In December 2009, three businessmen emblematic of the era are imprisoned Ould Taya. Mohamed Ould Noueigued, Cherif Ould Abdallahi and Abdou Maham are suspected of having received payments from the Central Bank in 2001 and 2002. Fight against corruption or witch hunt? The answer lies in justice. Except that, less than a month after his arrest, the trio was released without its intervention. An intermediary unexpected, the radical cleric Hacen Ould Dedew, helped reach an agreement.
What vision of society?
One thing is certain: for Aziz, a penny saved is a penny. All his relatives reported her need to control costs, including those departments in detail. This is the second characteristic of Aziz: "It is concrete," said one observer. Inauguration of a road, hospital, school visit, the first stone and ground-breaking ceremony: he likes to build and get on the field. The shipyards are now many in Nouakchott and the interior.
His speech shows independence: the head of state does not lapse into abstraction. "It was an empirical approach," says a former director public enterprise. However, analysis sounds like a criticism. "There are actions, but they do not enter a forward-looking vision, a plan, we do not know where you are going," he says. With Mokhtar Ould Daddah, there were directions, the emancipation of women, national unity. With Aziz, he lacks a vision of society. "
This attention to detail has another consequence: the concentration of power in the presidency. "Few decisions are taken as prime minister," said a source in the ministry. He testified that some ministers do not dare to defend their projects Council of Ministers.
course, the method divides Aziz. His family emphasized pragmatism and are grateful to him for having broken with the status quo. The opposition, she can not forgive him his original sin: the overthrow of Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, the first civilian president since Mokhtar Ould Daddah. After condemning the coup, the traditional allies of Mauritania, France and Spain leading the way, in turn eventually forgotten. Aziz became the man of Paris in the fight against AQIM. An alliance which draws legitimacy, but is also a weakness: it makes a affidée of Mauritania "miscreants Western "and therefore a target. Marianne Meunier
Source: Jeune Afrique 21.01.2011
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