27, November 2017
Of Fru Ndi and the Agbor Balla Press Release 0
Dear Editor,
In Africa I remember how we use to arrive at the train stations thirty minutes after the scheduled departure time but were still able to board the train. I was fascinated years after that in Europe, arriving a few minutes after the scheduled departure time had adverse effects. Without exception, whenever I arrived at the train station late, the train had left.
Reading the Press Release from Dr Balla, Fru Ndi and co yesterday regarding the Ambazonia struggle gave me the impression that they have arrived at the train station after the scheduled train had departed. In my estimation they are preachers with no congregations. They should realise that our struggle has taken a diverse bearing. Our people spoke on the 1st Of October and the interim administration has a mandate to implement the demands of our people
This publication arrived a few days after the interim Prime Minister published his first government. You tell me if this is a coincidence. The people of the Federal Republic of Ambazonia are level-headed but can’t be taken for fools.
We can all clearly see through this so call press release. This was meant to have a deleterious outcome on the work that the interim government is undertaking. There are challenges ahead for all Ambazonians and no distractions are required at this stage. As we pull together to support our first administration, the efforts of all who intend to disrupt our struggle must be treated with the contempt it deserves. Do they think that this pathetic and morose statement will have any effect in Etoudi? We all know the answer to that.
For a very long time, Ambazonians and people with brains have not taken Fru Ndi any seriously. His partnership with Paul Biya to betray his constituents has been nothing more than a disgrace. Dr Balla has been exposed as compromised and now they have formed a preposterous partnership. One is left with no alternative but to ask Dr Balla’s political party or leaning?
My submission is they are grossly ignoring the fact that the direction of this struggle has left them with no support. They should join the struggle or stay unobtrusive. Their press release carry no influence.
Nso John Bessong
Barcelona, Spain
27, November 2017
Trump launches attack on news media again 0
US President Donald Trump has suggested that a contest should be held to determine which news network covers him in the most “dishonest” and “corrupt” way, as he has again labelled many of the outlets “fake news.”
“We should have a contest as to which of the Networks, plus CNN and not including Fox, is the most dishonest, corrupt and/or distorted in its political coverage of your favorite President (me). They are all bad. Winner to receive the FAKE NEWS TROPHY!” Trump tweeted on Monday.
Trump’s comments were his latest attack against the news media for the coverage he receives. During a speech in Phoenix, Arizona, in August, he called journalists “truly dishonest” and “sick people.”
The president also took repeated jabs at the media on Twitter over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend at his golf courses in Florida.
Trump has repeatedly used the term “fake news” to cast doubt on critical media reports about his administration, often without providing any evidence to support his case that the reports are false.
As a candidate, Trump had pursued the same anti-media rhetoric threatening to “open up our libel laws so when they write purposely negative and horrible and false articles, we can sue them and win lots of money.”
Source: Presstv