Born to Rule

13. Indoctrination

133 Born to Rule: Autobiography of a Life President 13 Indoctrination I mmediately our enemies, or as they are called in the language of politics, revolutionaries, return home after spending years in the cold abroad, they are interviewed by a panel made up of a judge, a member of the armed forces, an official of the national security, a university professor, and officials of the party. They are grilled on their past activities, and supporters at home. This interview is akin to an entrance examination because it determines the class into which they will be put in the party school. If the self-styled revolutionary is well versed in revolutionary rote thinking and knows all the common revolutionary expressions and slogans, he is admitted in class 1 and so on. In other words, the more sophisticated the revolutionary, the longer it will take him to graduate because it will take longer to brainwash him. There are 20 classes in the school and promotion to a new class is on the basis of performance. Most revolutionaries repeat some classes and thus take more than the normal 20 years to graduate. On the other hand, some of the very dull ones who probably joined the opposition simply to cover up their academic weaknesses, are immediately put in higher classes to graduate faster. It is easier to transform these dull ones into intelligent citizens than it is to transform the intelligent revolutionaries. The syllabus of the party school is well designed to take into account not only the various schools of philosophical, political and economic thought, but also the changing realities of Mandzah. The core courses are civics, my political thoughts, civics, my political thoughts, civics, my political thoughts, and finally, civics and my political thoughts. The optional courses, which all students must take, are indoctrination, civics, and my political thoughts. Classes begin from 7:00 a.m. to 6 p.m. from Monday to Sunday. At the end of their program, successful graduates are awarded plum jobs in government or in the private sector. My current 134 Tah Asongwed minister of investigations and cover up, Rev. Chakara Bambe, graduated summa cum laude from the school in a record 18 years instead of the normal 20. Prior to attending the party school, he had obtained a degree in theology from the well-known Mission University of Promiseland, and joined the defunct Mandzah Revolutionary command (MAREC) in Tubab and became its president. As minister of investigations and cover up, Rev. Bambe’s training in both theology and indoctrination come in handy. He chairs the National Security Committee that recruits candidates into the party school, and since he, more than any one else, knows how the school functions, he chooses the right calibre of students for the school. Mr. Nguket Yawe, managing director of the Mandzah Marketing Board, was also a graduate of the party school. He spent only 5 years there because he was admitted into class 15. He, like Bambe, had been a member of MAREC, but unlike Bambe, he had quit university in first year to drive taxis. Today he is responsible for monitoring the performance of the various marketing boards. There are many other members of my government that were visceral opponents of our policies. In the name of national unity and reconciliation, we welcomed all of them wholeheartedly into our fold after their graduation from the party school. ...