Chapter 266 Transition
“On behalf of the Kolo Liberation Front, I now declare that we have overthrown the nearly 40 years of dictatorship of Nassing Dema in Togo, and Kolo will usher in true democracy. and freedom, power will return to the people, but before that, in order to prevent the counterattack of reactionary forces, we will dissolve the government, suspend the constitution, and close the borders. The Colo Liberation Front will organize a transitional government, and in two months, National elections will be held and our government will be elected by the people. During this period, any unauthorized entry into Kolo will be considered hostile."
On February 5, TV programs throughout Kolo. , all began to play the coup statement read by Jammeh Bongo himself.
On the previous day, 100 elite soldiers of the Kolo Liberation Front and members of the special operations team entered the capital of Kolo, Loti, transported by two CH47 Chinook helicopters. .
There, with the support of intelligence agents who had been lurking in the capital in advance, soldiers of the Colo Liberation Front, led by members of the Special Operations Team, launched a direct attack on the Presidential Palace.
Because the operation started in the early morning, most of the capital's defense forces were still asleep, and there was no time to organize an effective defense.
In addition, this time, they brought abundant and comprehensive weapons and equipment, so the soldiers marched straight in and occupied the presidential palace in less than an hour.
Nasing Dema was killed by a stray bullet in the process, and most of his family members were also affected by the conflict.
After occupying the presidential palace, some soldiers went to the military camp, took control of most of the guard officers, and took over control of the capital's army, sealing off the entire capital and announcing the implementation of controls. Not allowed to go out.
The current total population of Colo is about 7 million, and the capital Loti is its largest city, with more than 2 million people in this city.
Therefore, taking control of Lottie basically means taking control of the entire country.
At this time, the CH47 Chinook helicopter also picked up Jaime Bongo in Loti City. He came forward to announce the success of the coup on Kolo TV on behalf of the Kolo Liberation Front, as well as the Then a statement of national policy.
Almost all the officers of the government army have their families in Loti, so after Loti was occupied by the Kolo Liberation Front, they easily took over the control of the government army.
After all, coups are nothing new in Africa. No matter who is on stage, someone needs to be a soldier. These soldiers and officers only need to surrender and are not worried about their future. They are just replacing Just personal allegiance.
Then under the attack of the Colo Liberation Front and the government forces, a large-scale offensive was launched, directly killing the two anti-government armed forces, the Free Colo Alliance and the Colo Resistance Army. Within a week, the entire territory of Kolo was controlled.
Based on the Kolo Liberation Front and absorbing some members of the previous government, Jammeh Bongo formed the Kolo People's Party and established the Kolo Transitional Government. It announced that it would participate in the Kolo National Party two months later. general election, whereby the people will elect a new Kolo government.
All previous armed forces, including the Colo Liberation Front and government forces, were reorganized by military adviser Markel Paulson.
Speaking of which, Kolo is just a small country in West Africa. Its land area is less than half that of Zhejiang Province in China. Its neighboring countries are much larger than it. Generally speaking, even though Kolo Even in Africa, the presence is not very strong.
So this time the coup in Kolo was not even mentioned in the news in many Western countries.
The first person to respond to the coup in their country was the Economic Community of West African States, an economic union composed of 15 West African countries, of which Kolo is a founding member. Currently, in this economic community, Including Kolo, a common currency is the West African CFA franc.
Therefore, the Economic Community of West African States was also the first to respond to Kolo's coup. The other is the African Union, which together with the Economic Community of West African States sent special envoys to contact Jamei Bongo.
During this call, Jammeh reiterated that their previous purpose was to end the dictatorship of Nassing Dema in Kolo, and that the national meeting will be held in Kolo next. The general election will be held to determine Kolo's future. At the same time, he also welcomed the two African organizations to send people to witness.
Both the African Union and the Economic Community of West African States were quite satisfied with his statement and stated that they would immediately send a mission to Kolo and did not want a humanitarian disaster to occur there.
Besides them, the other person who is very concerned about Colo's coup is France.
After all, before independence, Colo was a French colony, and now, France still has many interests there, the main one being the mining of some phosphate mines.
This can be seen from the fact that the name of the currency used by the West African Economic Community is called the West African CFA franc, because the predecessor of the West African CFA franc was the currency used by the French government in its African colonies.
It’s just that with the wave of independence in Africa, the current monetary policy of the Economic Community of West African States has been basically controlled by the West African member states. Their central banks are involved in formulating various policies for the West African CFA franc. France has This is just the right to participate.
But in the beginning, the West African CFA franc was still bound to the franc. Now, it is bound to the euro. After all EU member states unified their currencies and used the euro together, the euro and the West African CFA franc The exchange rate remains fixed at 656 West African CFA francs per euro.
At this time, Colo is still one of the least developed countries in the world. Therefore, European and American countries do not have much interest in Colo. Even France only cares about some of their mines. Just a field.
After Jammeh Bongo said that the transitional government would respect the legitimate rights and interests of French companies in Colo and would complete the transition to a democratically elected government as soon as possible, France did not pay much attention to this.
Of course, there are still two months until the national election. During this period, there are still many things that the transitional government needs to do.
Including after imposing controls on the capital, they established a temporary court and the Procuratorate, and began to investigate the use of power to illegally appropriate state assets during the administration of Nassin Dema.
First of all, it needs to be explained that after Jammeh Bongo formed the Kolo People’s Party, with the support of West African Industry Holdings, former government official Thomas Kabore also formed the Kolo People’s Party. The Socialist Party has recruited some people to join and is also preparing to participate in the general election two months later.
The remaining former high-ranking officials and influential people who were unwilling to join either the People's Party or the Socialist Party were all "found out" by this investigation. The evidence that Xin Dema colluded to illegally profit was put on trial.
Therefore, the two candidates in this general election will be Jammeh Bongo, leader of the People’s Party, and Thomas Kabore, leader of the Socialist Party.
And the two of them, to put it bluntly, are left-handed and right-handed players supported by Barron behind the scenes.
It’s just that this time Jammeh Bongo will win the election, while Thomas Kabore is the “spare tire”. It depends on whether Jammeh can always be obedient.
(End of this chapter)