Do I see a little bit of an irony here? Let’s do a count: how many of the current AU member countries have inclusive governments? How many of the current AU member governments came to power through coups? Until now,
the sad truth is that, all along, the AU (and its predecessor the OAU) did not have problems embracing member countries that came to power and governed through coups throughout the continent, including Libya.
The AU’s sudden interest in all-inclusive governance is puzzling. Is this a shift in the AU’s policy direction or perhaps still another example of the AU’s political posturing, of soldiering for Ghadafi, representing their unwillingness to accept that their brother leader is gone? The AU call for the formation of an all-inclusive transitional government is good, and I am all for it. Yet, what I don’t understand is, in the Libyan case, does the all-inclusive principle need to be in conflict with recognizing the Transitional National Council? I think, in this case, the AU could have recognized the TNC and still called for an all-inclusive post-Ghadafi era at the same time.
