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No, I'm not talking about Jon Huntsman. Or even for Presidenet of the United States.
Meridian Magazine - Yet Another Latter-day Saint Runs for President - Meridian Magazine - LDS, Mormon and Latter-day Saint News and Views
Yeah Semake is the only Mormon in Malia and running for President (assuming the elections take place due to military issues).
Not only does he have an amazing back story, but I wish we could see some of his policies implimented here:
Meridian Magazine - Yet Another Latter-day Saint Runs for President - Meridian Magazine - LDS, Mormon and Latter-day Saint News and Views
Yeah Semake is the only Mormon in Malia and running for President (assuming the elections take place due to military issues).
Not only does he have an amazing back story, but I wish we could see some of his policies implimented here:
When the president of Mali came to Ouelessebougou to dedicate the solar panel field, Yeah was also to give a talk. The presidents office said he must forward a copy of his talk to them before the event. Yeah complied, but the day of the event, he read the usual greetings from his prepared talk and then threw the rest aside and began to speak from his heart to the people.
He spoke passionately about government decentralization and said Decentralization equals development. In the presidents hands lies the responsibility to provide sound leadership to train and empower local people so that Mali isnt in the position of asking for aid.
You should have seen the eyes of the president, he said. I thought, oh mayor, you are in trouble.
Far from being in trouble, Yeah had impressed and inspired the people. One of the men in the entourage, who led an organization who had gotten the president elected, came up and told Yeah that if he would consider running for president, his organization would back him.
From that day, Yeah decided to run for president of Mali, and he has formed his own political party based on his vision called the Party for Civil and Patriotic Action.
Mali has the possibility of becoming a model democracy in Africa. Mali is not poor. Mali is poor in leadership. If I am elected, Mali will become one of the most relevant countries in all of Africa, not dependent on foreign aid. It will be dependent on the power within, the greatness of the people. They have to have leader to bring the power to them.