It is me a pleasure and an honour today to be here in Afrika in your nice country of Tjurangrati.

My dear Tjurangrattlers: Before I start my speech now, please let me give you the kindest regards of our Ministerpresident Edmund Stoiber, of our Wirtschaftsminister, Verkehrsminister Wiesheu an - last, not least - of the emperor, Professor Dr. Dr. Franz Beckenbauer from Warstein Brewery.

Ladies an Gentlemen! The Hans-Seidel-Stiftung in Wildbath Kreuth kindly asked me to teach you, to instruct you the most important form of government today: Democracy! Democracy... democracy, Ladies an Gentlemen - and this might especially interest you here in Africa-, democracy: What is it?

Democracy, Ladies and Gentlemen, has a very old tradition in Bavaria. The roots go back... far, far back to a man called Plato. - Plato was an old Greek from Greece... The next one was an old Roman from Rome: Cicero. - Cicero, Ladies an Gentlemen, we correctly pronounce Zizero, not Kikarow. - But, Ladies and Gentlemen, pay attention now, because the most important of all - the third one - was our political genius from Bavaria: Dr. Mueller! Or, as we call him in Bavaria: "Ochsensepp". - Ochsensepp from Bavaria, Ladies and Gentlemen, himself gave the idea of democracy a new power - a new vitality - by giving simple answers to very simple questions.

A typical Ochsensepp- question - for an example - was the question: What do democrats actually want? Ya, what want the democrats?? The democrats, Ladies and Gentlemen, always want to have a majority, a solid majority - in Bavaria: absolute majority! Now, it ist to us: How can we get such a majority? To have absolute majority, Ladies and Gentlemen, it is necessary to have your own press, your own newspaper - as we have in Bavaria, for instance, the Miesbacher Mercur - to tell the majority what the majority wants to know. Or, you need to have the radio- station of your own - as we have the Bayerischen Rundfunk - to tell the majority what the majority wants to hear. This is the best way to avoid unnecessary minorities. Another one "Ochsensepp" - principle is: "Der Ober sticht an Unter", that means, the upper beats the under. So it's important, that the uppers are always in a good mood.

Ladies and Gentlemen, the old Greeks and the old Romans in the old times, they sacrified gold, silver, jewellery, wine, beer - and other drinks - to have harmony with their gods in heaven. - To create a harmony among their people, the Bavarian politican presents a Freibeer to the folks... Ladies and Gentlemen, the idea of Freibeer in Bavaria is deeply religious: The more you drink, the more the ghost of democracy becomes visible. Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bavarian Verkehrsminister Dr. Wiesheu himself got the Bavarianj Verdienstorden when he achieved one point 99 pro mille. Only a Verkehrsminister who can drink so much can be admired as a sovereign. A Verkehrsminister in Bavaria needs to have a good liver and a very good constitution - we say: a Bayerische Verfassung.

Ladies and Genlemen, at the end of my speech, please, believe us: We in Bavaria, we do not see black for your future here in Africa, and we wish you by heart a happy democracy.