DAKAR:{ France does not want to preach democracy to its former colonies, President Francois Hollande said Sunday after taking flak for accusing African leaders of seeking to cling to power.}<\/p>\n
Pointing to the recent military takeover in the former French colony Burkina Faso, Hollande said “we have seen the reactions that can provoke.”<\/p>\n
But he said at the end of a summit of French-speaking countries that France “is not in a position to give lessons… to whatever continent.”<\/p>\n
On Saturday at the meeting in the Senegalese capital Dakar, Hollande said “all human beings should be allowed to choose their leaders.”<\/p>\n
Rwandan Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo said the French leader should not “decide what will happen in African countries concerning their political future.”<\/p>\n
She added: “It’s a ‘Made in France’ democracy, and in Rwanda we find that shocking.”<\/p>\n
Hollande said Sunday: “There can be revisions to the constitution but when a people has adopted a constitution and rules have been set for candidates to a presidential election, it shouldn’t be a question on the eve of a vote to change the constitutional order.”<\/p>\n
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