A Letter Of Admonition To Sophie Wilmes, The Belgium Prime Minister

 

Sophie Wilmes, the current Belgian Prime Minister

Dear Prime Minister Sophie Wilmes, certain things are going on in the country, which I consider it necessary to let you know, since from the colonial era, the Belgian government has committed and supported so much crime to the extent that the government can no longer acknowledge what is a crime and what is not.

 

There are three great politicians I deeply respect in Belgium. They are the Mayor of Antwerp, Bart De Wever, the former Belgian Prime Minister, Charles Michel, and the current Health Minister, Maggie De Block.

 

Due to these politicians, whose hard work has transformed Belgium, I have to restrain myself to choose my words carefully over issues I seriously consider as a crime. There is no one above the law, yet in Belgium, many crimes are committed against black people with impunity.

 

Belgium is one of the European countries that has committed horrible crimes against black people in Africa, especially in its former colony of Congo. Surprisingly, at the end of the systematic abuse and crime against black people in Africa, the Belgian government extended it by building statues and naming streets after the perpetrator, King Leopold II.

 

In my opinion, Belgium should have been famous as the world’s best quality beers and chocolates producer, but the country is not known to have burned down the houses of villagers, killed over 10 million Africans, including women and children, to satisfy the greed of one monster called Leopold II.

 

People are educated not only to be leaders but also to find solutions to problems affecting our society, yet, like America, it seems Belgium has also taken delight in committing crimes against black people rather than finding solutions to ease racial tensions and violence around the world.

 

I have currently in Belgium for the past 20 years. Nobody told me that Belgium is a country that has no respect for black people. My experience as a black man and my efforts as a writer revealed a lot to me about how Belgium underestimates black people like the United States of America.

 

I want to make it clear to the Belgian government that having access to someone’s blog to remove all the articles I have written about the crimes your country and King Leopold II committed in Africa is not only a violation of my rights but a serious crime that needs to be addressed.

 

In fact, nothing favors a black man in Belgium, including the judicial system. If there is a unique law in Belgium, I would have taken a good lawyer to sue the government for illegally and criminally getting into my blog to remove published articles exposing your crimes in Africa, while you have a statue of the perpetrator in your country.

 

To the Belgian government, it is right to build a statue for a king, that did commit horrible crimes against humanity in Africa with impunity because the victims were black, but it's wrong for an African writer to write articles about the crimes Belgium committed in Africa, so the government or whoever has the right to take away my articles.

 

It’s even shameful for the Belgian government; instead of finding solutions to save the lives of people who have been sent to their untimely graves by the coronavirus, you had the time to go into a blog to remove my articles because they are nightmares to you.

 

This is not the first time the Belgium government has removed my published article from the web but this time, going into my blog to remove and edit links of my articles about Belgium and the royal family is a serious crime I will write about it because Belgium will definitely send me to jail if I commit such a crime by illegally gaining access into the government’s computer to delete something from it.

 

The Belgian government and the royal family can’t stand the truth, which reason they find my articles uncomfortable. Why can’t the government do the right thing by demolishing those senseless statues rather than declaring war on my articles? Why has the Belgian government and the royal family, for decades, seen that they are supporting crimes by building a statue for a killer rather than a king?

 

Stuivenberg Hospital

 

A couple of years ago, when I went to the notorious Stuivenberg Hospital in Antwerp to investigate the abnormally high death rate of black people in that hospital, the City of Antwerp called me a crazy man, but they didn’t call the Belgian government or the royal family crazy for building a statue for a criminal.

 

However, one thing the Belgian government can never deny is that after my investigation at the Stuivenberg, the hospital is now one of the safest hospitals in Antwerp. People think they have the power to do whatever wrong thing they like, but often forget that any wrong that they do will eventually come back to bite them in the rear, and you will never see it coming.

 

If my investigation wasn’t accurate, that Africans were deliberately killed and organs removed, why then, Mayor of Antwerp, Patrick Janssens, sent a group of police to protect the hospital for two weeks? Evildoers always run when nobody is after them. The police were there because the crime against Africans in that hospital was uncovered.

 

The Belgian government can underestimate me and continue to give me disrespect because I don’t need their respect, but please, the government or whoever is responsible must stop taking articles from my blog because it’s a crime.

 

They must put an end to it immediately because that’s not going to stop me from writing, and finally, all the articles the Belgian government or whoever is responsible has removed from my blog shall be rewritten or appear as new articles. 

BELGIUM, THIS IS UNPROFESSIONAL IN TIMES OF COVID -19 PANDEMIC

Unhappy Belgian health workers welcomed their Prime Minister, Sophie Wilmes, with disrespect 

Dissatisfied and disappointed health workers, over how the Belgium Prime Minister, Sophie Wilmes, has handled the current coronavirus situation in the country,  showed their disrespect to their leader at the weekend.

The Prime Minister, who was visiting Saint-Pierre Hospital in Brussels in a convoy, was greeted by protesting health workers who turned their backs toward her.

Since the coronavirus emerged from Wuhan, China, December, last year, Sophie Wilmes’ government has faced several criticisms over the handling of the COVID – 19 pandemics.

Belgium has so far recorded 55,280 cases and 9,052 deaths but that doesn’t call for such disrespect to their Prime Minister, especially in a time like this that everyone needs support.

Africa is a continent that has suffered many tragedies, including slavery, colonial brutalities, Apartheid, Aids and Ebola pandemics, yet we neither treat our leaders nor those responsible whenever they visit Africa in this way.

This is a sign of weakness than unity and strength.  It’s a shame.

LITTLE BELGIUM BUT WHY SO MANY CORONAVIRUS DEATHS?

The 'Manneken pis,' - the bronze statue of the little boy urinating protects himself from the coronavirus

Belgium, like other European countries, observed the lockdown rules, keeping everyone at home. The police were on duty, making sure there aren't any public gatherings, to avoid the spread of the disease, yet Belgium has registered 49,517 cases, while the disease has already claimed  7,765 lives. Why little Belgium?

Living in a country with a population of fewer than 12 million people, with one of the best medical facilities, great doctors and health personnel, in the world, I consider 7,765 deaths to be relatively high in such a small country known for it best beer, waffles and chocolate productions.

What went wrong? This is something hard to explain, however, recently, the press and Belgian citizens heavily attacked the government led by Sophie Wilmes, accusing her of inefficiency. 

According to the country's health authorities, the data in question rather than the inadequacy of the responses put in place would be conditioned by the "maximum transparency" with which the data were communicated since the beginning of the epidemic.

In recent days, numerous articles and reports have relayed the fact that Belgium would be one of the countries most affected by the pandemic. The figures for the number of reported deaths in such a small country is frightening, indeed.

Another important factor is that those tested positive for coronavirus are slightly more in Flanders in proportion than the 

Wallonia. According to virologist Jean Ruelle at Le Moustique; the territory of Belgium is small but very populated. 

"If we look at the distribution of infected people by municipality, we can see very clearly that there is a relationship with the population density. Density is an important factor of propagation," he stressed.

Businesses and schools still remain shut, despite the Easter school holiday came to an end on 19 April. The government has given assurance that businesses and schools will soon open but whether it will be possible or not, depends on current and future situations.