2023-08-23 12:56:14
Zazia Bazoum Mohamed had already spoken in the British daily The Guardian, mid August. On holiday in France at the time of the coup d’etat in Nigershe deplored the conditions of detention of her family, “ inhuman “, according to her.
This time, In Le FigaroZazia Bazoum Mohamed remercie « the people who reacted to this first cry from the heart “. Thanks to them, ” the family doctor is allowed to visit them occasionally and provide them with some food ».
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She adds : ” The electricity meter, on the other hand, is always deliberately switched off. According to Zazia Bazoum Mohamed, her father, her mother and her brother are locked in a concrete residence where temperatures can exceed 40 degrees (and) they are quite often deprived of water to wash or cool off ».
In this open letter, the president’s daughter speaks of the soldiers of the National Council for the Safeguarding of the Homeland (CNSP) as being ” hostage takers “. Zazia Bazoum Mohamed indeed discredits, in his open letter, the approach of General Tiani, leader of the CNSP.
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For her, the soldiers are hostage takers who were part of the system they denounce and who put forward arguments ” misleading to justify their coup de force.
Zazia Bazoum Mohamed then gives a glowing review of her father’s work over the past two years: ” He has made the fight once morest corruption and bad governance his main battle. He had the courage to put more than 40 senior government officials in prison. He does not resign, because he is committed to democratic values. He might have given up and found an important position internationally, but he decided to fight for the preservation of democracy. »
She incenses: Niger was experiencing exceptional economic growth, positive security results, and in three months the country was to become an oil exporter. »
She concludes: The hostage takers are already in contact with Wagner in Mali […] We must obtain the return of Mohamed Bazoum as President of the Republic. »
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