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| Mr. Dietmar Kreusel, the German Ambassador with Willie Obiano, the governor of Anambra State. |
The last presidential election in the United States made to world to understand that even emails and ordinary meetings with officials of foreign governments constitute a great violation of democratic process.
The Sun News reported that Mr. Dietmar Kreusel, the German Ambassador to Nigeria had a private meeting with Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State to discuss major issues in the country as well as the coming gubernatorial election in the state with the Governor. The ambassador also met with former governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi,at his residence in Onitsha residence as part of his official visit to Anambra State, where they had lunch and had a 3-hour closed door meeting with him.
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Biafrans have decided to boycott the coming elections in Anambra to press for a date for Biafran independence referendum. This move has raised the political tempo across Nigeria forcing foreign to start scurrying out of their hideouts.
"We had a very intensive and constructive dialogue on the major issues of the day; not only Anambra issues but also issues concerning the South East region,” Kreusel was quoted to have said.
On specific terms, Ambassador Kreusel said; “we had a discussion on the situation in Anambra; particularly on the run-up to the election. We had exchange of views on the situation in the South East concerning the on-going discussions about restructuring and so on.”
The German Ambassador reiterated German interest in the Nigerian economy. According to him, “Germany is in principle interested in investing in Nigeria because this is a very interesting place. It has a huge potential and that goes certainly also for the South East. We did not elaborate on specifics but we agreed on a follow up meeting of experts on both sides to look further into the issue.”
This is just an affront on Biafrans who are seeking independence from Nigeria. If he wishes to speak about Biafra, he should meet with Nnamdi Kanu, the IPOB leader - even through back channels.
Not many know that just like Biafrans many indigenes of Bavaria in Germany are also seeking independence from Germany. Yet, they have not been slaughtered by the German government like the Nigerian government is doing. Why has the German ambassador not advised the Nigerian government on that and the need to conduct a peaceful referendum for Biafrans?
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| The blue and white checkered flag of Bavaria seen in front of a festival in Straubing. Photo: DPA. |
According to the German newspaper The Local, A survey showed that more Bavarians than previously thought want their own independent state, separate from Germany. Bavaria is the home of the popular Bayern Munich football club?
Like Biafrans, Bavarian local residents feels a world away from the rest of the country.
The state with its own dialect and cultural traditions even has its own independence movement party - the Bavarian Party - albeit less influential than separatist groups in places like Spain or Scotland.
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| Mr. Dietmar Kreusel, the German Ambassador with immediate past governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi |
The percentage of Bavarians who favoured starting their own country was higher than in previous polls, such as one in 2011 by the Hanns Seidel Foundation, which found that nearly a quarter of Bavarians wanted independence, reports Deutschlandfunk.
Brief on Bavaria's quest for Independence from Germany
The BP is a separatist political party in Germany's southern state of Bavaria. Founded in 1946, it describes itself as patriotic Bavarian. With roughly 6,000 members, the BP is the only party in the state that demands an independent Bavaria within the European Union. The BP has already drafted an amendment to Bavaria's Constitution with the aim of seceding from Germany.
Geographically, Bavaria (Bayern in German), with 27,200 square miles, is Germany's largest federal state and in 2012, Bavaria had the second-strongest economic performance in Germany after populous North Rhine-Westphalia. Adidas, Audi and BMW are internationally renowned Bavarian brands.
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The quest for Independence is rising across Europe, in Spain there are the Basques and the Catalans, in Belgium, the Walloons and Flemish don't see eye to eye, as well as in the United Kingdom, where Northern Ireland and Cornish people are all seeking independence.
Bavarian nationalism - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bavarian nationalism is a point of view that asserts that Bavarians are a nation and promotes the cultural unity of Bavarians. It has been a strong phenomenon since the incorporation of Bavaria into the state of Germany in 1871. Bavarian nationalists find the terms that Bavaria entered into Germany in 1871 to be controversial and claimed that the German government has long intruded the desired autonomy of Bavaria, and calls have been made for independence of Bavaria.
After the defeat of Germany in World War I, Bavarian nationalism grew in strength, becoming popular amongst both revolutionary and reactionary political movements. Following the collapse of Austria-Hungary after World War I, proposals for Austria to join Bavaria were made.
At this time the Bavarian government held particular interest in incorporating the regions of North Tyrol and Upper Austria into Bavaria. This was a serious issue in the aftermath of World War I with significant numbers of Austria's North Tyrolese declaring their intention to have North Tyrol join Bavaria.
History
The origins of the rise of Bavarian nationalism as a strong political movement were in the Austro-Prussian War and its aftermath. Bavaria was politically and culturally closer to Catholic Austria than Protestant Prussia and the Bavarians shared with the Austrians a common contempt towards the Prussians, leading Bavaria to ally with Austria in the war.
Austria along with Bavaria and its other allies were defeated by Prussia and its allies. In the aftermath Bavaria paid a large indemnity to Prussia and joined the Prussian-founded German Empire in 1871. After unification with Germany in 1871, Bavarian nationalists were adamantly opposed to the Prussian-domination of the German state and refused further integration into the German Empire.
Upon Germany's defeat in World War I, revolution spread across Germany including Bavaria, with the Bavarian monarchy being toppled and the proclamation of Bavaria as an independent communist state (the Bavarian Soviet Republic).
After the collapse of the Soviet Republic, Bavarian nationalism—associated with anti-Prussian as well as anti-Semitic tendencies—became popular amongst both radical and reactionary movements. Following the collapse of Austria-Hungary, proposals for Austria to join Bavaria were made.
The Bavarian government held particular interest in incorporating the regions of North Tyrol and Upper Austria into Bavaria. Such proposals were taken with interest by significant numbers of North Tyrolese wishing to join Bavaria. The Bavarian government's actions prompted the German government to respond by proposing the anschluss of Austria into Germany. In 1923, Bavarian monarchists under Minister-President Gustav Ritter von Kahr and his Bavarian People's Party attempted to seize control of the Bavarian government and declare Bavaria independent of Germany and restore the Bavarian monarchy.
This Bavarian separatist coup attempt was frustrated by the actions of the then-small Nazi Partywhich preempted the planned coup and itself attempted to take over the Bavarian government in what became known as the Beerhall Putsch.
Bavarian nationalists and the Nazi Party competed for a support base; however, even by the 1932 election, when the Nazi Party won a major victory, the Nazis had failed to surpass the Catholic Bavarian People's Party in southern Bavaria, carrying only the Protestant areas of northern Bavaria. After the Nazi takeover in Germany, the new government claimed the existence of several Bavarian separatist plots and used these claims to suppress Bavarian opposition, including overthrowing the Bavarian government.
Initially, many Bavarians were supportive of Germany's war effort in World War II because this had been portrayed as an anti-communist campaign; however, Bavarian support for the war rapidly declined as the end of the war neared. Bavarian nationalism reemerged in the latter part of the war and Bavarian nationalists sought Allied support for the creation of an independent Bavaria.
In the end, major autonomy for Bavaria was accepted within a federal Germany. During the 1950s, the separatist Bavaria Party was a significant player in Bavarian state politics, polling from 5% to over 20% in state and federal elections. The Bavaria Party was part of the state's governing coalition under Wilhelm Hoegner from 1954 to 1957, along with the Social Democrats and the Free Democratic Party. The party's electoral share fell significantly in subsequent decades. In 2013, the Bavaria Party won 2.1% of the total vote in state elections.
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