The June 2017 ordinary session for the legislative year opened on Thursday 8th June 2017 in Yaoundé with a call for the consolidation of national unity. During the official opening at the Upper House of Parliament, the Senate President Marcel Niat Njifentji read from the similar script prepared by the Biya regime that Cameroon remains one and indivisible and any move against national Unity must be denounced.

He praised Senators for going back to their respective constituencies during the recess period. In like manner, he praised all defense groups that have been combating the terrorist group Boko Haram in the Far North Region.

He also called for the spirit of dialogue tolerance, and conviviality throughout this session of parliament. Discussing the crisis in the two Anglophone Regions all were agreed that only dialogue and newly created Commission for the promotion of Bilingualism and multi- culturalism can be the solution.

Present during the opening session of parliament at the Upper House, were cabinet members led by PM Philemon Yang, President of the National Assembly Honourable Cavaye Yeguie Djibril and the Chief Judge of the Supreme Court Mekobe Sone.

Source: Presstv

The Chairman of the so-called National Commission for the Promotion of Bilingualism and Multiculturalism, Senator Mafany Musonge was recently seen at the Palais des Congrès participating in the Senate’s plenary session. Prior to the beginning of the session, Mafany Musonge had numerous exchanges with many of his senator colleagues including Marcel Niat Njifenji, the president of the Upper House.

The former prime minister and head of government took part in the opening of the second parliamentary session of the legislative year 2017 after his appointment as president of the CPDM commission on bilingualism and multiculturalism on Wednesday the 15^th of March 2017.  Any right thinking Anglophone trained in the US or UK should have stepped down from his duties as a senator.

To be sure, on March 21, 2017, he was replaced at the head of the CPDM parliamentary group in the Senate by Chief Barrister Tabe Tando who was elected with him from the South West constituency. Musonge’s deputy, Gabriel Dima, was then presented to the House as the man who has taken over from Musonge in the Upper House of Parliament.

Article 22 (1) of the Rules of the Senate stipulates that the exercise of the Senator’s mandate is incompatible with the functions of a member of the Government,  member of the Constitutional Council, member of the Economic and Social Council, Mayor, Government Delegate to an urban Council and to any non-elective public office.  This provision is supplemented by Article 162 of the Electoral Code.

Former Prime Minister Peter Mafany Musonge (to use his three names) loves the Francophone political system that encourages malpractices such as “Depute-Maire” in order words MP and Mayor at the same time. Musonge is the current Grand Chancellor of National Orders, President of the South West CPDM Group, South West CPDM Senator, Board member of numerous state-owned corporations, member of the ruling CPDM Central Committee- just to name a few

By Soter Tarh Agbaw-Ebai

Cameroon Concord News Group

The 84 year old dictator, Paul BIYA has held talks with the French Ambassador to Cameroon, Gilles Thibault.  Both men met at the Unity Palace today Tuesday 30 May 2017. Etoudi reported that they discussed the outcome of the French Presidential elections that brought Emmanuel MACRON to power; the upcoming French legislative elections; the NATO summit in Brussels; the G7 summit in Sicily; the fight against terrorism and the inquiry report of the CAMRAIL derailment at Eseka.

Speaking to reporters after the audience, Ambassador Gilles Thibault hinted at a possible meeting between the French and Cameroonian Heads of State after the June parliamentary elections.  Gilles Thibault also stated that he submitted a report to President Paul BIYA about his recent journey to the Far North Region, which has been affected by the Boko Haram insurgency.  The French Diplomat also applauded the logical significance of the inquiry report following the CAMRAIL train accident at Eseka.

Source: PRC

The long awaited congress of the so-called main opposition party in Cameroon has been announced for October 2017.  It is at the end of the October meeting of the Social Democratic Front that French Cameroonians would know the name of the candidate invested to challenge the 84 year Biya during the elections of 2018 that has been banned in Southern Cameroon territory.

The National Executive Committee of the Social Democratic Front met last Saturday in Bamenda under the direct supervision of its chairman, John Fru Ndi. Among the resolutions that stem from this meeting was the announcement of the party congress for the month of October 2017. A congress scheduled for last April was postponed.

Many other resolutions were taken during the Bamenda session, including the setting up of a special commission to report exhaustively on the killings and human rights violations in Southern Cameroons since the beginning of the Anglophone uprising.

In this regard, the SDF stated that Mr. Biya’s regime was waging an undeclared war against the Anglophones in Southern Cameroons. The SDF condemned with the strongest terms, the proceedings brought by the forces of darkness fully controlled by Mr. Biya’s regime against the Christian religious leaders in Southern Cameroon.

The SDF think tank also pointed out that the ruling CPDM crime syndicate regularly negotiates with known terrorists of the Boko haram sect, disbursing large sums of money for the release of hostages while arresting the members of the Cameron Anglophone Civil Society Consortium with which it was negotiating.

By Rita Akana

Cameroon Concord News

Hon. Joseph Mbah Ndam has affirmed that Chairman Ni John Fru Ndi reigns supreme at the head of the Social Democratic Front, SDF. The MP who also moonlights as one of the numerous Vice Presidents of the National Assembly was guest on the television program L’Arène on Canal 2 international on May the 21^st 2017.  Mbah also said John Fru Ndi remains at the head of the SDF because he is unbeatable.

The SDF front liner answered tough questions concerning the Anglophone crisis and the long awaited holding of the next National Congress of the SDF party. About the 8th Congress, the Honorable Mbah Ndam revealed that the lack of financial resources delayed the event.

“The SDF is an opposition political party. And like all the parties that did not choose to rally with the presidential majority, we have financial difficulties, “explained the deputy speaker of the National Assembly, in response to a question about the holding of the Congress.

Mbah Ndam noted that “Fru Ndi has not yet said he is tired and wants to hand over the baton. I can run for the presidency of the party, but before I do that, I have to be certain I can beat Fru Ndi. For now, I know his weight on the ground.” Mbah observed that the establishment of federalism and the release of those currently on trials in the framework of the Anglophone crisis should be the first step towards ending the uprising. As a reminder, the National Executive Committee of the SDF party has a budget of 80 million FCFA.

By Rita Akana

Cameroon Concord News

Senator Paul Maounde of the Social Democratic Front took his place on the grand stand during 20^th May celebrations despite SDF ban on all party militants and representatives. Paul Maounde has defended his stance claiming that the SDF National Executive Committee had forbidden militants from participating in the parades but not to attend.

The Senator represented the SDF in Meiganga and recently said he did not violate the instructions of National Chairman Ni John Fru Ndi who had earlier announced the SDF decision to boycott festivities marking the 45th anniversary of the so-called National Day.

“I am a Cameroonian citizen. I am an elected representative of the people. I do not see why an elected official would not attend the national day celebration of his country. There is a misunderstanding. It was never said that a citizen should not attend the parade. It was said that the party will not match.  There is a misinterpretation of the Chairman’s order.” argued Paul Maounde.

By Eyong Johnson

Cameroon Concord News

The Social Democratic Front (SDF) has expressed outrage with certain Francophone newspapers that recently accused the leadership of receiving financial donations from the Biya regime.  In a statement issued on May 15, 2017, the Secretary General of the party, Jean Tsomelou disputed the allegations leveled against the SDF.

Reacting to reports that the main opposition party received 6.5 billion CFA francs from the government, he replied that this was only a campaign of blackmail and intimidation. “The large family of the SDF was astounded on May 15, 2017 by a suspicious and anti-professional behavior of certain Francophone bodies of the Cameroon press.”

Jean Tsomelou also accused the Yaoundé based Francophone media of serious and misleading reporting against the Social Democratic Front -SDF and its national president Ni John Fru Ndi. For the Secretary General of the SDF, public funding of political parties “is not a gift” and does not oblige the party “to follow the Head of State in his totalitarian and irresponsible abuses since the beginning of the Southern Cameroons crisis.”

The SDF also pointed out those there vicious allegations came from a highly placed Cameroon government official. For this reason, the SDF Secretary revealed that a special edition of the SDF ECHO will clarify national and international opinion on the realities of public funding of parties as provided for by law and that the SDF will prosecute before the competent courts “the perpetrators and accomplices of this acts.”

The newspapers Le Soir and L’Independent are among the press organs that have reported the billions received from the government by the SDF.

By Rita Akana

Cameroon Concord News

Francophone ferocious media attack on Chairman Fru Ndi sparked equally fierce commentary from SDF militants and sympathizers. Biya reportedly ordered his Beti-Ewondo media gurus to launch a malicious attack on the National Chairman of the Social Democratic Front, Ni John Fru Ndi following the SDF decision to boycott the upcoming National Day celebration. The leadership of the main opposition party in La Republique du Cameroun has come under fire from pro Biya newspapers in Yaoundé who accused the Chairman of political banditry.

A few days after a communiqué from Ni John Fru Ndi called on Cameroonians not to celebrate the 45th edition of the so-called National Day, Francophone media houses serving the Yaoundé regime have published sensitive documents from the Ministry of Finance criticizing the SDF and its 76-year old leader for having received public funding amounting to 6.5 billion FCFA.

Fru Ndi’s die-hard supporters have however dismissed the allegations and opined that Biya was applying the same guerrilla tactics that his government recently condemned the Paris based international news magazine Jeune Afrique for negative reporting on Cameroon. Nevertheless, several political parties in Cameroon have benefited from the allocated sum of money by the state.

By Rita Akana

Cameroon Concord News

The Communication Secretary of the Central Committee of the ruling CPDM crime syndicate has reacted to the SDF decision to boycott the so-called National Day celebrations. The anti Anglophone Minister of Higher Education, Jacques Fame Ndongo said that each political party in Cameroon has the right to express its opinions and that the SDF bears full responsibility for its decision.

Fame Ndongo pointed out that all nations have some sacred principles, which any political party that operated in the country must respect scrupulously.  The Francophone cabinet member wondered aloud why a political party should boycott national day festivities.

“It is enough to re-visit the history of nations or political institutions to see that this is a glorious day that belongs to all citizens.  What is more, the national day is about a major event in the life of our nation (referendum of May 20, 1972 having consecrated the historic advent of the unitary state), “he added.

For the Communication Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPDM, his party will stage parades with enthusiasm and patriotic ardor throughout the territory, on 20 May 2017, as usual, without prejudice to the watchwords of any particular political group.

Fame Ndongo explained that the National Day does not belong to any political party. It is the prerogative of all the citizens of the Republic.  Expressing his frustration, the Francophone political elite hinted that other parties will parade. And they will be many.

By Eyong Johnson, Camcordnews

The members of the so-called National Commission for Bilingualism and Multiculturalism have been installed into their functions. The Thursday 27th April 2017 ceremony at the Yaoundé Conference Centre has been rubbished by the Cameroon Anglophone Civil Society Consortium. The team headed by an anti grass-field former Prime Minister Peter Mafany Musonge was commissioned by the Head of Government, Philemon Yang, on behalf of the Head of State.

In trying to divert from the Southern Cameroon problem and quest for an independent state, the PM called on the members to foster the two official languages for the sake of peace and national unity. The PM said bilingualism remains a rare asset of development and social cohesion at a time when French Cameroun political elites orchestrated the longest internet shut down ever recorded in the African continent against West Cameroonians. The ceremony came just two days after President Biya signed a decree appointing a certain Cornelius Chi Asafor as Secretary General of the commission. The Chairman of the National Commission for the Promotion of Bilingualism and Multiculturalism said work will effectively begin this coming week.

Created by a presidential decree that was made public on the 15th March 2017, the Musonge Commission which composed of 15 members is a primitive and cheap design by the Biya Francophone regime to downplay the Southern Cameroons crisis. Its objective is to ensure the equal use of English and French as two official languages which has no bearing with the ongoing Anglophone crisis.

By Sonne Peter