Qaddafi leaves AU Summit disappointed
-Says will focus on Arab summit
By Simegnish Yekoye
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Leaving his chairmanship of AU to the newly elected Malawi’s president Bingu Wa Mutharika, Libya’s president Muammar Qaddafi said, he leaves unhappy with performance of the African Union and several African leaders, who have done nothing remarkable.
Leaving from the 14th ordinary meeting of the Heads of States a day after the opening, Qaddafi said, had he known the administration process in the AU, he wouldn’t have agreed to be elected as Chairperson.
“I was told the AU did this and that. Declarations were made and I am not even aware of” Qaddafi said.
Ahead of the summit Qaddafi tried to get support to remain as Chairperson of the AU, because he wished to profile the organization and to structure a formation of United States of Africa.
However, Qaddafi failed and was replaced by Malawi’s president.  He wished the new Chairperson would be able to reduce the prerogative of the AU and to represent the assembly.
“The chairman should be the one to do the work but that isn’t the case. The chair doesn’t even represent AU internationally,” Qaddafi said with anger in his tone. “Then what is the point of having one?”
Qaddafi said now his focus would be on the Arab summit that would be held next month in his country, and chaired by Libya.
“I have been trying to convince Arabs to work with Africa,” Qaddafi says. “But they are waiting for the United States of Africa to be established so that it becomes more attractive for them.”
But Qaddafi will not give up the Africa unification saying that maybe in the future there will be an authority or a federation that will open the way to the United States of Africa.
Though African leaders had agreed to transform the AU commission into an AU Authority, the decision has not been implemented and its responsibilities haven’t been clarified yet.