Following an internal circular letter issued in Bamenda on Tuesday, May 7th 2017 the Social Democratic Front (SDF) under the chairmanship of Ni John Fru Ndi, provide laid down directives regarding the upcoming 20th May and 26th May celebrations. The SDF decided not to participate in the upcoming celebrations. The decision was arrived based on the inability of the Biya government to provide sustainable solutions to the pertinent problems that plague the Southern Cameroon for over seven months. Per the SDF, this has endangered the so-called national unity that the incumbent government of President Biya propagates with much enthusiasm.
Also, they pointed out that, the SDF on several occasions has called on the government of La Republique to engage the people of Southern Cameroons in meaningful, constructive and genuine dialogue that will bring amicable solutions to the ongoing crisis but the calls were responded with a “charismatic nonchalance”. In order words, the Biya government continues to provide cosmetic solutions which are not in line with what the people of Southern Cameroons want.
The SDF noted that their 27th anniversary will be celebrated on the 26th of May without any feasting. The 27th anniversary has been dedicated to all those who died for this struggle and to all those who have been unjustly detained by the government of La Republique.
BaretaNews statement in this regard goes thus: though the language of the communique is political, we commend the position of the SDF in recognising the strength of the struggle and the stakes involved. We, however, caution that 20th May is fake as the SDF rightly stated months back and 20th May 2016 was the last celebrated in Southern Cameroons. The Cameroons shall celebrate the true dates of their history when things are over.
Thank you, Ni John Fru Ndi for this singular step.
Mark Bareta,
BaretaNews.
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We must be very cautious with SDF or any political party.
I will reserve my comments and observe what they are out for. Far too much we have been deceived, manipulated, treated as naive because of our honesty.
Personally, I’m done with political parties and people worship. The only thing that is important to me and that I follow and take order from are the people.
One thing only, we must not allow any political party to steal this struggle away from us. No political party, no individual will be allowed to lift it self about the people of southern Cameroon, those days are over.
The winning struggle continues.
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Henceforth, no one, and I mean no one, should ever take Pa John Fru Ndi at his word, any more. The people of Southern Cameroons have dissed him and other puppets of the East Cameroon despotic regime of the evil octogenarian, Paul Biya. Where was Pa Fru Ndi, when Honorable Joseph Wirba, his SDF parliamentarian was being threatened and told to leave on a self imposed exile when he raised awareness about what the people of Southern Cameroons have been going through for 56 years? He kept quiet, even in the wake of the horrendous assault of our young people at the universities of Buea and Bamenda, resulting in deaths, as well as the brutal rape of our young woman by Biya’s hoodlum soldiers? He was missing in action; he has realized that the people of Southern Cameroons, with the able leadership of the Consortium leaders can win without them, he wants to be relevant. He will never be relevant in this struggle anymore; their time is up!!!!
Good move but we need to be cautious. Pa Fru Ndi is a former CPDM man. His actions are not straight. Since he never stood with Jo Wirba I feel somehow.
NO 20th MAY CELEBRATION
I propose the name DAY OF DIGNITY for this ghosttown.
He should start by withdrawing his MPs from LRC parliament and stop confusing this struggle. Pa is very very unstable,
there’s going to be sporadic change if ni john withdraws all his mps from la republique
The only solidarity SDF can show in this struggle is to call its parliamentarians to resign from the LRC Parliament… Nothing else would pull the weight for this struggle than that… Refusing to celebrate 20th May is a cosmetic move… It is just like joining the Southern Cameroonians to observe ghost towns… What happens after?
If Ni John Fru Ndi wants to add value, he should first call his MPs to return to Buea. That way we will then begin to think of considering his value-adage in this struggle.