SDF Members of Parliament have boycotted the opening session of the national assembly in Yaounde.  The predominantly Southern Cameroons bloc of elected representatives all gathered at the regional headquarters of the party in Olezoa district in Yaounde during the rituals at Ngoa Ekele.

Cameroon Concord News learned that the decision to boycott the opening ceremony of the 3rd parliamentary session, is the first action of a series whose goal is “to force the Biya Francophone government to find a lasting solution” to the crisis that has rocked Southern Cameroons for more than a year now.

An SDF statement  said “We believe it is now time for parliamentarians in accordance with Article 4 of the constitution to take their responsibilities. It is a question of how far we can, in our own way, expose to the public, to the national and international public, the serious situation that prevails in our country.”

SDF Secretary General, Jean Tsomelou, was quoted as saying that the opening ceremony of the Senate at the Palais des Congres in Yaounde will also be boycotted. The opening session witnessed the participation of Martin Belinga Eboutou Director of the Civil Cabinet of the Presidency, members of the French Cameroun Government and the President of the Senate

By Sama Ernest, CCN

A well-placed source deep within the Ambazonia Governing Council has hinted Cameroon Concord News that SDF MP for the Jakari constituency in Southern Cameroons is now practically under house arrest. Our source further pointed out that Hon. Joseph Wirba is currently being interrogated by elements of the French Cameroun Secret Service over statements he made during a BBC interview some days ago.

We understand that trucks loaded with French Cameroun troops were sent to the Anglophone MP’s home in Jakiri yesterday. The Francophone soldiers have taken complete control of the building.

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By Eyong Johnson

President Biya has signed a decree today, Tuesday the 7^th of November 2017, appointing new officials in almost all embassies of La Republique du Cameroun.  New ambassadors and high commissioners have been appointed to Cameroon’s diplomatic missions in Belgium, Russia, Nigeria, the United States, Canada, Germany and many other countries, as well as on the African continent.

In the Biya decree, we also note the arrival of new Consulate Generals in Paris and Marseille. In the same  text, the 84 year old dictator retired several diplomats. In a typical CPDM pattern, Biya appointed the wife of Prof. Maurice Kamto, the leader of the MRC opposition party as Inspector General in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

It should be noted that this Tuesday’s decree came in a context in which Canada and Great Britain had called for Cameroonian diplomats to be recalled to Yaounde. Cameroon diplomats were accused either of sedentarisation or of activities contrary to their status. In Britain, the authorities openly accused Cameroonian diplomats in London of drug trafficking and feeding a network of illegal immigration.

By Eyong Johnson, CCN

It has been reported that members of Government have lost sleep, since the return of President Biya from Geneva. The cause of their insomnia is the imminence of a cabinet reshuffle which some sources say Mr. Paul Biya would have carefully studied during his recent stay abroad.

The much anticipated shakeup was expected some few days after the presidential couple arrived Yaoundé.  But more than a week after his return to the headquarters of institutions, doubt is already crystallizing in people’s minds. The wait has been prolonged with a trip to Chad amid rising adrenaline.

Biya continues to be the only master of time and there are under-the-table talks that his 31^st government since he came to power in 1982 will surely take into account the current socio-political context in Southern Cameroons.

A well-placed source hinted that it will not be surprising to see adjustments made to meet some of the demands of the Cameroon Anglophone Civil Society Consortium.  Many within the power circles believe that it is likely Philemon Yang will be removed as the Prime Minister.

By Sonne Peter, CCN

FELLOW AMBAZONIANS,

Let me recommend something for the upcoming Conclave: it is a difference between how our leadership has to look in the eyes of the international political world & media and what this leadership is doing inside with homeland defense & relief finances. To the outside world we have to look like peaceful, modern, educated, Christian people, who offer nothing but solutions for whole Cameroon and to the inside we have to be hammer hard against all enemies, collaborateurs and media lies. This war of survival against extinction and against Françafrique’s exploitation mafia which rules not only Cameroon, is both a propaganda war and a real self-defense war on the ground, and the latter needs a cover, a shill of international legitimacy.

And the crucial point to hit on is to name France directly as the big foul player in Africa and Syria and in the UN. Take the bull by its horns! You must not be afraid before France. Go to all media channels in the world and tell this: “France is responsible for a present Holocaust in Africa and it is France which corrupts the UN, the IMF and the Head Central Bank of all Central Banks in Switzerland. It is France foreign policy which produces millions of fugitives into Europe and creates African diaspora all over the world. It is an absolute shame that the UN, the IMF and European banks and corporations do still recognize illegitimate puppet dictators of France in Africa like Paul Biya as a president of a country.

It is a disgrace that France allows Biya and Cameroon to occupy, exploit and genocide one of the most peaceful, intelligent and Christian people in the world: the Ambazonian’s. Never heard of them, although they are millions? Because it is French foreign Intelligence which blocks all news from former (but actually still monetarily) French colonies to the non-French news media. To cover their many crimes.

It is time to clean up countries like France and Cameroon, Gabon, Kongo, CAR, Niger, Mali, … big time and to stop French speaking Europe to secretly sponsor Islamic terrorist groups which put half of Africa in misery just to “legitimize” France’s military presence in Africa! The outdated Françafrique has to be replaced by the compromise between the European MARSHALL PLAN WITH AFRICA and the African MARSHALL PLAN WITH EUROPE, which is proposed by many modern, progressive, democratic, educated African peoples like the wonderful Ambazonians. They want nothing else than living peacefully in their homeland and have normal economic and political and cultural relationship with all other peoples in the world, based on mutual respect and fair business contracts. And we all want to see the UN being decorrupted from French bribery.

The UN and the world media, together with governments in the world have to stop throwing victims and perpetrators in Africa into one and the same pot! Are the Stalins, Hitlers, Maos really the same ones as the victims in their gulags??? We all, 7 billion people in the world have to develop not only wind but a hurricane of pressure on all foul players in world politics who want to go into an era of colonization 2:0 in Africa, which will only bounce back horrifically into all of us. Let’s help the Ambazonians for example and many other suppressed and slaughtered people in Africa to be able to self-govern without the French octopus.”

So it is highly necessary that the Ambazonian leadership after conclave 4 is speaking with one tongue when it is about presenting a SOLUTION for whole Cameroon not only Ambazonia, which is that not only Ambazonia shall get a new modern, democratic constitution and government, but also French Cameroun will get that: a total clean-up of its system. We have to end this tricky French media narrative of “Anglophone probleme”! No, we are not a problem, we are the solution! And of course, all non-French powers have to help Ambazonia in reaching self-governance, especially Germany, where I do trigger the awareness- and action-campaign together with others against all neo-colonialists.

By Christoph Messner

The controversial French Cameroun politician and former minister of public service, Garga Haman Adji revealed to Canal 2 International on Tuesday, October 24, 2017 details of the exchanges he had with President Biya on Friday, January 6, 2017, during a ceremony at the Unity Palace on the Southern Cameroons crisis.

“The president came to me, held my hands. He is used to calling me “Mr. Minister” or “Mr. Garga”. But that day, he said to me, “Garga, you are following what’s going on, you have to do something. Garga bring me Bamenda! “. And it was really pathetic “says the president of the Alliance for Democracy and Development (ADD), an opposition political party.

Garga claimed that he embarked on a tour of Southern Cameroons, on Monday following his tête-à-tête with the Head of State. At the end of this tour during which he said he met all the key players, Garga Haman Adji noted that he submitted a report to the President of the Republic in which he stated the measures to be taken for a peaceful end to the crisis.

“He did not send me to extinguish the fire. He knows I do not know how to be a firefighter. But, he told me to study the root of the evil,” hinted Garga who resigned from the Biya Francophone Beti Ewondo regime in 1992.

By Rita Akana with files from Cameroon Info.Net

The president of the so-called National Commission for the Promotion of Bilingualism and Multiculturalism has issued a political statement after he led a delegation of CPDM elites to the Buea Province in Southern Cameroons. Mafany Musonge said the people of Southern Cameroons are in favour of decentralization not secession.

Former Prime Minister Peter Mafany Musonge made the revelation after he reportedly met some, political intellectuals, traditional leaders, businessmen and leaders of civil society associations.

At the end of the consultations, Musonge and his gang pointed out there “there are localities where access  by roads is a huge problems.”  The CPDM Senator who as Prime Minister Minister did not carry an iota of development to West Cameroon observed that there are the problems of education, infrastructures which can be resolve through the effective implementation of decentralization.

Musonge summarized his findings in four main points: effective implementation of decentralization, construction of basic infrastructure, respect for the regional balance and representation of girls and sons of the two Anglophone regions in decision-making positions in the public administration as well as in the government.

A spokesperson for the Southern Cameroons Ambazonia Governing Council has dismissed the Musonge declarations as “mere political rhetoric”. The Governing Council indicated recently that it has been 23 years ever since Mr Paul Biya spoke of decentralization and nothing has been implemented.

By Rita Akana, CCN

The week-long consultations led by Prime Minister, Head of Government, Philemon Yang in the North West Region and in the South West Region by former Prime Minister, Peter Mafany Musonge who is the pioneer president of the National Commission for the Promotion of Bilingualism and Multiculturalism should logically be finalising reports of their findings. According to the announcement by the Director of Cabinet at the Prime Minister’s Office calling for the field trip from 15-24 October, 2017 on instructions of the Head of State, President Paul Biya to commune with the afflicted populations and take the message of peace and fraternity, the delegation members had an opportunity to sample opinion across the both regions.

Although most of the discussions took place behind closed doors, some who cared to give a gist of their exchanges with certain officials evoked the need for all and sundry to be brought on board. Such proposals could simply be a question of commonsense because the unrest in the two localities has for the past one year led to several people drawing conclusions and taking decisions that appear to exclude them from the mainstream reflections in the country. Those who not only insist on the form of the State to be reviewed, but think that nothing good can result from the present peace and stability in Cameroon must have discovered by now that not everybody shares such ideas. Particular attention has been the Diaspora or those who have taken delight in giving instructions from comfort zones abroad acting in complete variance with the situation on the ground. Not only have such persons taken over genuine claims by teachers and Common Law Lawyers in the country to disrupt school programmes and the normal trend of business and social life in the two regions, but they have taken such radical positions in a bite to control a situation that they do not’ master.

Making inordinate use of the social media to create bubble effects of the existence of any real influence among the populations has not always been true. Apart from a few isolated incidence like violence in Lebialem Division in the South West Region, the general consensus has been around providing a favourable environment within Cameroon for sons and daughters of the country to stay in peace and harmony. Prevent children from going to school has proven to be one of the weakest link in the twist that the crisis took. Going down to the divisions, subdivisions and villages must have provided the government-triggered delegation with the possibility to listen to everyone, look for ways to avoid extremism and agree on concrete plans for life to return to normal in both regions. By getting everyone involved, the chances are that those outside the country who have used the social media to derail a noble cause by teachers’ and lawyers’ trade unions will have to reconsider their positions and return to the fold.

Needless recalling that a bird in hand is worth two in the bush and destroying present achievements and hoping that better alternatives could exist in future simply looks irrational. Children can be allowed to go to school; business persons effect their transactions while the politicians play out their differences without holding innocent Cameroonians hostage. The exchange of ideas between members of the delegation and the population equally meant creating room for all those who had any positive proposals for a strong and progressive country to bring them forward. People may disagree to agree, but the bottom-line must not be total disruption of existing values and complete mistrust. There are certainly artificial realities that are being made to conflict with the intrinsic state of affairs in the country but every contribution that can add to enabling the true strength of Cameroon to blossom will be welcome.

Akere Muna, the only opposition figure in Cameroon to have declared his candidature for next year’s presidential polls is pushing for a united opposition front to face Biya.

Muna a top anti-corruption crusader and celebrated lawyer in the country told his supporters earlier this week that he will not mind if the coalition candidate was someone else.

He stressed that he was open to back any candidate whose ideas and vision was superior to his given that the ultimately goal is to end decades of rule by Paul Biya.

Biya, 84, has been president of the Central African country since 1982. He has yet to declare any intentions to contest in the 2018 polls but indications show that it is just a matter of time.

Muna, a former Vice Chairperson of Transparency International has also previously served as president of the Cameroon Bar Association. He recently resigned his post as president of the International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC) in order to focus on his political ambitions.

The IACC describes itself as the world’s premier forum that brings together Heads of State, Civil Society, the Private Sector and more to tackle the increasingly sophisticated challenges posed by corruption.

Muna announced his presidential bid a week ago via a video address stating that his decision was premised on wanting to give the central African country a fresh start after years under incumbent Paul Biya.

Muna who hails from the Anglophone region, in the address and a statement cited by AFP said it was time for the Central African country to reset its direction hence his decision to enter the race.

“We have to walk to a new Republic”, which will be “based on good governance” and “the rule of law,” he asserted, saying that there would be no “tolerance for corruption, tribalism, nepotism and favoritism,” with him in charge.

Source: African News