Amidst the ongoing Anglophone crisis, the government seem not to get exactly what the people want. The following are preconditions for genuine dialogue drafted by the Anglophone Civil Society Consortium and the Southern Cameroons people:
1. Bring back our brothers, parents, children who have been arrested and carried to Yaounde.
2. Bring back our internet.
3. Demilitarise our towns.
4. Open up a genuine dialogue with the aggrieved Southern Cameroonians.
Definitely, this implies that the government can only exhibit good faith by meeting the aforementioned preconditions. Recent actions by the government in a bid to end the ongoing stalemate in Southern Cameroons is a gross evidence of continuous bad faith: “They want us to do it their way.” sources lament. If we agree that democracy is a government of the people, by the people, and for the people then the government of La Republique must go about solving the crisis via the people’s way.
It is in this line that Prime Minister Philemon Yang peace visit to Bamenda the capital city of the Northwest Region was strongly criticised. The people virtually gave him death ears following his persistent demand on the resumption of schools. The people declined, based on the fact that their leaders are still in detention, their brothers, children, and husbands are in detention. Adding that the internet is still not restored, meanwhile, their streets are still highly militarised.
Fascinating about his failed peace tour was a counter response from the Chairman of the Social Democratic Front (SDF)- Ni John Fru Ndi had this to say: “I learnt that the Prime Minister was in the city. He did not invite me it is not by force that teachers and students will return to classrooms. They expected the head of the government to come and talk to them and ask for what they wanted. He did not do that. He came to tell them what to do.This is not the way to go. He should stop ridiculing himself. The Government must engage in frank dialogue.”
BaretaNews adds that the government should do what is democratically right. That is requesting from the people what they want and act upon their requests accordingly.
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“Amidst the ongoing Anglophone crisis, the government seem not to get exactly what the people want……” (Bareata news) No Mr Akoson The government knows exactly what The Southern Cameroonians want. But the people are asking what government cannot give. The Cameroon government cannot negotiate for either Federation or Independence – and the reason is simple. Since Resolution UNGA 1608 had never been implemented and a treaty signed between Southern Cameroons and The Republic of Cameroon, The Southern Cameroons has no legitimate relations with The Republic of Cameroun and so one cannot negotiate on behalf of another. The Southern Cameroons has been annexed by The Republic of Cameroun but has no right to grant it any status and cannot even sign any treaty with it except the Union Treaty as mandated by Resolution 1608. But unfortunately The Southern Cameroon is instead demanding what the Republic of Cameroun cannot give – or does not have the power to give. But so long as The Southern Cameroons is asking the wrong thing from the wrong authority – a demand which should have been followed by the complaint of wrongful annexation, the Republic of Cameroun is in a comfortable situation hoping this misplaced priorities of the Southern Cameroons will continue just as it has always been. The Southern Cameroons has only one demand to make from The Republic of Cameroun. RECONSTITUTE the last freely elected Southern Cameroons government which was forcefully dissolved by Ahdjo after 196,1 and then call for a completion of the dialogue that Foncha and Ahidjo started in 1961. According to the UNGA Resolution 1608, Southern Cameroons should initiate the negotiations for a treaty and not the other way round the reason being that The Republic of Cameroon has no obligation to accept The Southern Cameroons in any Union. They reserve the right to turn down any request by the UN to form a union with another country. To cut a long story short, The Southern Cameroons has to RECONSTITUTE its last legitimate freely elected government complete with all the coat of arms and other symbols of authority as it was at the time, After that it approaches the Republic of Cameroun for a continuation or renewal of the stalled negotiations – stalled since 1961.
Long article full of contradictions; confused and disjointed non-facts. Self-defeatist and worthless conclusions. FULL INDEPENDENCE is the current path being traveled by 98% of Southern Cameroonians/Ambazonians. Thank you.