“‘There is a very serious problem of winner-takes-all politics,’ [Richard] Moncrieff said. ‘That means the stakes of presidential power are so high that people are willing to use violence to get it or abuse the rule of law to keep it.’”
That’s an outtake from today’s Washington Post article, “In Africa, 50th anniversary of independence is an occasion to celebrate, lament.” Read the whole thing…
Hat tip to Michael Weintraub.
