Despite the successes Xi Jin Ping might have recorded, there shouldn't be a need to want to be a president for life.
From Africa's experience, those that made such moves did to stifle competition and further exploit the people.
If his predecessors had introduced this, would he have stood a chance at becoming president?
It happens all too often though from what little I understand about African elections is they are not all that legitimate. I hear a lot of voter fraud goes on. This happens everywhere at some level but one thing that stands true regardless of elections is that if the majority of the people are suffering or feel injustice then the leader is in power through corruption at some level.
I couldn't agree any less with that last statement. May be we need something more than just democracy that will indeed give power to the masses or may be we need leaders all the world over who would be more committed to the tenets of democracy.
we need more of both. In democracies the people running for office don't actually have to do anything they say they will do during their campaign. Once they are in they are free to do whatever they want. We need politician to be accountable for their campaign promises.