For him to be a powerful leader, he understood very early on the need for a unique nationalistic ideology that would strike a chord with his fellow countrymen. Born post World War II, he studied the rise of the Third Reich in Germany. It was the post World War I economic humiliation imposed on the defeated Germans, which the Fuhrer was able to exploit to manipulate the citizens believing in that mad man’s murderous ideology. But that was not an option for him in a post-colonial country. The colonial power of two hundred years sheepishly left the country on a midnight after dividing the land along two religious lines. For him, it was godsend. He was born into the major religion. Throughout his youth, he immersed himself in the extremist theology of the religion, joining its radical youth camp. Soon his ambition led him to local politics en route to national politics. His loyalists, in order to manipulate public opinion, began to create a “rags to riches” persona. Thus, they branded him “born to a poor grocer,” but scaled to the top by his “hard works, ethics, and above all being a true follower of the major religion”. In a country where the celibacy gets equated with the religious holiness of a gentleman, his marriage at his youth to a young woman still remains shrouded in mystery. Claiming he never consumed the marriage, he would leave the woman for good, never meeting her again.
Throughout his political life he exploited his religious platform to sway the majority opinion, suppress the minority religions and shut down the independent free press, while manipulating the democratic electoral processes. In the course of time, he assumed the leadership of the country, soon becoming one of the strongmen of the globe, in par with similar ones. To cement his legacy, he alone inaugurated a holy place of worship in a made-for-TV spectacle, instead of the priests of the religion. Now his democratic country has been heading toward a new parliamentary election. Will he be able to manipulate this democratic process or will there be a silent ballot box revolution?
Stay tuned.
Throughout his political life he exploited his religious platform to sway the majority opinion, suppress the minority religions and shut down the independent free press, while manipulating the democratic electoral processes. In the course of time, he assumed the leadership of the country, soon becoming one of the strongmen of the globe, in par with similar ones. To cement his legacy, he alone inaugurated a holy place of worship in a made-for-TV spectacle, instead of the priests of the religion. Now his democratic country has been heading toward a new parliamentary election. Will he be able to manipulate this democratic process or will there be a silent ballot box revolution?
Stay tuned.
