At 79th UN General Assembly: US President, Biden embarrasses sit-tight leaders with democracy lessons

By Noela EBOB BISONG United States President, Joe Biden has said the interest of a people/nation is and should be placed above that of its leader. In his fourth and last remarks at the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly UNGA in New York last September 24, the outgoing US president who is closing his first term as president said, “I’ve made the preservation of democracy the central cause of my presidency.” Per the Constitution of the United States, Biden had the competence to seek a second mandate, but he declined and handed the baton to his Vice…