The President's Anointed

<SPAN style=FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA>The President's Anointed is a political thriller that takes the reader into one of the world's most intriguing but relatively little exposed subjects; the mystery behind schematizations of African leaders and their cohorts to remain in power.<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes>  </SPAN>After succumbing to immense pressures from the public and international community against his tyrannical regime the President eventually allowed democracy and won subsequent two contentious presidential elections.<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes>  </SPAN>However he's now illegible for re-election into a third term of office and fears retribution for human rights violations and a litany of corruption scandals if he leaves office.<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes>  </SPAN>He's in a dilemma between gambling an unpopular decision of manipulating the constitution to secure a third term of office or to anoint a successor.<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes>  </SPAN>Together with his <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags /><st1:Street w:st=on><st1:address w:st=on>Inner Circle</st1:address></st1:Street> they earmark Anusa Limu his Minister of Agriculture to succeed the President.<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes>  </SPAN>The <SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes> </SPAN>Director General of Special Branch; the intelligence arm of the National Police Service Colonel McLeod Jawadu is tasked to put Anusa Limu under 24 hour surveillance to screen his suitability especially to protect them before he is informed of his anointment and eventually endorsed at the party's convention.<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes>  </SPAN>Meanwhile one of the members of the President's <st1:Street w:st=on><st1:address w:st=on>Inner Circle</st1:address></st1:Street> plots to tip Anusa Limu secretly with his brother Director of Intelligence in the Malawi Defense Force Major General Justus Gama.<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes>  </SPAN>The story is intertwined with shrewd political maneuvering right from State House to surreptitious venues scattered across the country espionage and counter espionage action and some illegitimate sex scandal. <SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes> </SPAN>It portrays the desperation and extent at which some African leaders are willing to stop at nothing to safeguard their personal interests!</SPAN>