EDITORIAL: Delay in making decisions only makes things worse

Procrastination is a very interesting topic of discussion, One dictionary describes it as : “To put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness,” while another describes it as “To put off intentionally the doing of something that should be done.” The bottom line is “delay” or not doing something when it needs to be done, intentionally or otherwise. That is what has been taking place on anything touching Burundi. After rounds of endless meetings and resolutions by nearly every international decision making body, procrastination seems to have brought nothing but harmless asset freezing or travel bans, for one who did not even intend to travel in the first place. Last time, the Security Council gave the Secretary General 15 days to come up with a roadmap and recommendations on the way forward, the deadline elapsed last week and no sign of the “way forward”. Closer at home; the East African Community is also as guilty on the subject of procrastination. One month after its Secretary General was a victim of aggression at the hands of state security agents while on an official visit to Burundi, It is only now that the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) has announced “it will” take up the matter with the Council of Ministers “to know what transpired” and then decide the “way forward”. If EALA to date does not know what transpired and begins investigations when the trail has gone cold, it is also likely that the outcome will sound as empty as the phrase that ends all UN resolutions: “Decides to remain actively seized of the matter”.

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EDITORIAL: Delay in making decisions only makes things worse