Statement by the National Council for the Safeguarding of the Fatherland (CNSP), Brigadier General Tiani Abdourahamane: The CNSP calls on the population for serenity, calm, vigilance and a patriotic outburst so that together in unison we can meet security, economic and social challenges
Nigeriens;
My dear compatriots;
On Wednesday July 26, 2023, the Defense and Security Forces grouped together within the National Council for the Safeguarding of the Fatherland – CNSP-, put an end to the regime of the Seventh Republic. The action of the CNSP is motivated by the sole desire to preserve our dear homeland against:
On the one hand, to the continuous deterioration of the security situation in our country and this without the fallen authorities giving us a glimpse of a real way out of the crisis.
On the other hand, poor economic and social governance.
My dear compatriots,
Regarding the security issue, I would like to say right away that there is political discourse on the security situation relayed by certain political circles at the national and international levels and which would like everything to go well and under control.
There is, however, the harsh reality of insecurity in Niger, as experienced by our FDS and our hard-working populations with its share of dead, displaced, humiliation and frustration.
The murderous and traumatic attacks of Bosso, Inatès, Chinagoder, Anzourou, Bakorat and others, sufficiently remind us, in our flesh and in our soul, of this daily reality.
Also, we must, in all humility and sincerity, ask the questions to know:
1. If the current management of the security issue in Niger has made it possible to guarantee our security, that of our families, our villages and our country?
2. What if we can continue like this with the same approach, the same actors and the same results?
It is up to all of us, each Nigerien and each Nigerien, to respond to it, bearing in mind our own survival and the sole interests of Niger.
For the CNSP, we answer strongly in the negative.
No! The current security approach has not made it possible to secure our country despite the heavy sacrifices made by Nigeriens and the appreciable and appreciated support of our external partners.
No ! The results do not meet the expectations of Nigeriens.
No! We can no longer continue with the same approaches proposed so far at the risk of witnessing the gradual and inevitable disappearance of our country.
This is why we have decided to intervene and assume our responsibilities, not without having tried on several occasions, while remaining in our role as military leader, to draw the attention of the highest fallen authorities to the inconsistency and ineffectiveness of their political management of security issues in our country.
My dear compatriots,
Speaking of inconsistency and inefficiency, we really need to ask ourselves about:
1. The meaning and scope of a security policy which consists in proceeding with the extrajudicial release of several terrorist leaders without any guarantee in the context which is ours?
2. On the meaning and scope of the recruitment and diversion for political purposes of several hundred FDS elements outside the traditional military framework and placing them directly under the sole authority of politicians?
3. On the meaning and scope of the decision of a commander-in-chief who orders the release of heavily armed bandits caught in a theater of military operations on the sole ground that they are “his allies”?
4. The meaning and scope of the words of a commander-in-chief of the armies who declares to the whole world that his soldiers who fight at the cost of their lives are “less strong and less seasoned” than the terrorists?
5. The meaning and scope of a security approach to the fight against terrorism which excludes any real collaboration with Burkina Faso and Mali, even though we share with its two neighboring countries the Liptako Gourma area in which most of the terrorist activities that we are fighting today?
My dear compatriots,
Obviously, the deposed authorities have embarked on an approach of setting up a kind of militia for their own interests.
Something that no sincere patriot can accept.
My dear compatriots,
On the economic and social level, the improvement of the current state of our public finances and the economic fabric of our country, the situation of Nigerien schools, the health of our populations, the fight against the diversion of the last public , the fight against impunity, corruption in all its forms, nepotism and the difficulties that Nigeriens face on a daily basis, are all challenges in the face of which the ousted government has shown its limits.
Nigeriens;
Nigeriens;
My dear compatriots.
To end my remarks,
Towards our populations, I reiterate the CNSP’s call for serenity, calm, vigilance and a patriotic outburst so that together in unison we can meet the security, economic and social challenges mentioned above. high.
Towards the international community, the CNSP reaffirms its desire to respect all the international commitments subscribed to by the Republic of Niger as well as human rights.
Also, I ask the technical and financial partners friends of Niger to understand the specific situation of our country to provide it with all the necessary support to enable it to meet the above-mentioned challenges.
Finally, the CNSP, through me, asks the partners and friends of Niger, at this crucial stage in the life of our country, to trust our Defense and Security Forces, guarantors of national unity, integrity of the territory and the superior interests of our nation.
In these difficult times that our homeland is going through, we know how to count on your spirit of patriotism so that the Nigerien nation is safeguarded.
Long live the CNSP,
Long live Nigeria,
Thank you.
