Some Anglophone issues in Cameroon today

I would like to ask, through Camer.be, the president of Parena, the following questions :

1/ Does he agree with the dissolution of the Federation of Cameroon by Ahidjo in 1972 ?
2/ Does he consider the Southern Cameroons as being a legal part of Republique du Cameroun ?
3/ What specific steps will he take to end the French colonial rule of Republique du Cameroun ?
4/ What steps will he take to end the French colonial rule of the Southern Cameroons ?
5/ Why should we believe that he'll not be another French colonial governor like Ahidjo, Biya, Bongo, Deby, Eyadema (Pere et Fiston), Nguesso, etc ?

Your faithful reader,

M. N.

1/ Does he agree with the dissolution of the Federation of Cameroon by Ahidjo in 1972 ?

Enoh Meyomesse: No. Why ? Because it was a decision of French government following the nationalization of the French interests in Algerian oil. Since 1954, the French government knew that there was oil in Cameroon and keep it in stand by, waiting for the best moment for him to start exploitation. That moment arrived in the year 1972, when Houari Boumedienne, the Algerian president, decided to nationalize the French interests as I told above. Ahmadou Ahidjo was called in Paris, urgently, and asked to end the federalism in Cameroon. When he came back, he didn’t tell to anybody anything. He organised a meeting of the Cameroon National Union, CNU, his political party, in its headquarters near the ministry of mines in Yaounde. During the meeting, he addressed the members of the Central Committee and inform them of his decision to end the federalism in Cameroon and to go to the united state. Each member started to clap his hands, most of them by fear of the prison. Who, when Ahmadou Ahidjo was president of the republic, was able to say no to him ? Nobody. After the headquarters of CNU, he took everybody to the National Assembly. While there, he told to the members of parliament his decision to abolish federalism in Cameroon. One more, everybody start to clap his hands. I remember this days. I was in grammar school, lycée Leclerc. My classroom was asked to stand in front of the National Assembly to welcome the president of the republic. When he went into the National Assembly, and started his speech, I didn’t listen to him, but, suddenly, I heard a lot of applauses coming inside, through many loudspeakers outside, and people started to sing the national anthem. At one o’clock, Cameroonians heard from the national station that federalism is abolish, and that, we are going to a new state, an united one. A national referendum is organized two weeks later, and in the evening, the national station started to read the names of the different delegations of CNU, and their leaders, around the country. In may 20, in the polling stations, what was the very big surprise of the people to discover that there was only two ballot papers, “OUI” and “YES”. They had to choice one of them. It was shameful and dishonourable for our country. I do not agree, at all, with the dissolution of the federation in 1972, due specially to the way it was done.

2/ Does he consider the Southern Cameroons as being a legal part of Republique du Cameroun ?
Enoh Meyomesse: No. But it is a legal part of Kamerun, with “K”, that mean our real country, before the British and French invasion in 1914-1916. I believe in ONE KAMERUN, like Ndeh Ntumazah, Augustin Ngom Njua, John Ngu Foncha believed, also, before 1960, January 1, for the part of Kamerun under French rule, and 1961 October 1, for the part of Kamerun under British rule. I also believe that the reunification was made, in 1961, not in the interest of Cameroonians, but, unfortunately, for those of French people. That is why I propose to set up a new constitution for our country by Cameroonians themselves. In my opinion, it is the only way to solve the Anglophone issue in Cameroon, not by trying to increase separatism or something like that. So, I do not agree with SCNC.

3/ What specific steps will he take to end the French colonial rule of Republique du Cameroun ?
Enoh Meyomesse : I cannot understand clearly your question. May be, you want to talk about the French domination of our country. If so, I will abolish the “accords de cooperation” signed in 1958, December 30, by Ahmadou Ahidjo, because they are the legal framework of that domination. If you want to talk about a francophone domination in Cameroon, I think the new constitution that I am talking about is able to solve that issue.

4/ What steps will he take to end the French colonial rule of the Southern Cameroons ?

Enoh Meyomesse : Please, read the answer above.

5/ Why should we believe that he'll not be another French colonial governor like Ahidjo, Biya, Bongo, Deby, Eyadema (Pere et Fiston), Nguesso, etc ?

Enoh Meyomesse : All these presidents were appointed by France. Ahidjo by Jean Ramadier, in 1958, February 18, and keep in power until 1982, November 6 ; Biya Paul was appointed by François Mitterrand, in the place of Ahmadou Ahidjo, Bongo was appointed by Charles de Gaulle, in 1967, Deby went to power by force, with the blessing of France, Eyadema, also, even Sassou Nguesso went to power, two times, by force, after killing of ten thousand persons. That is why I agree with you that they are French colonial governors. But, Laurent Gbagbo was not appointed by any French president or French politician, nor Jacques Chirac, nor anybody else. He was elected by the ivoirians. So, that is the reason why he is really an independent president. The day we will elect, ourselves, we Cameroonians, our president, I do believe that he will no more be a French colonial governor. The day you will elect me, as president of Cameroon, in the place of Paul Biya, I will not be a French colonial governor, because I will end French servitude on our people and our country. I know French people very well. I did my primary school in France, and also my university. I have been staying in that country more than 14 years long after my baccalauréat. So, I know the way France dominates us.

A reader of the newspaper Camer.be send me this document.

Why is it that every time an Anglophone complains other Cameroonians and mostly francophones react childishly ?

Its is a fact that on this very forum someone(Guantanamo) refereed to Fru Ndi as a Nigerian.I did not hear anyone here told him to shut up(chut up). It is also a fact that Anglophones have always been treated with disdain in the Cameroon of today. One of my francophone friend in a university in Holland told my classmates that Anglophones in Cameroon are Nigerians. Since we are not Cameroonians i guess it will be right for us to go back to where we belong. Why do francophones want us in their country? Since we are not important i guess it will be the right thing for us to divorce so that we could still be good neighbours.
We did not hear Francophones complain when Emah Basile refered to Anglophones as " the enemies in the house". We also don’t hear franco-phones complain when Anglophones get discriminated for job opportuni-ties simply because they cant speak French. We don’t hear francophones complain when more francophones than Anglophones are granted Commonwealth scholarships while at the same time no Anglophone is granted scholarship by the francophonie.
The truth is that Cameroon is heading for a break-up. Yes the rupture is only a matter of time. Francophone Cameroonians keep proving to us that they don’t like Anglophones. Some of them call us le Biafrais. I kind of wonder how better they are than Biafrans or Nigerians. They need to understand for peace to reign the most be justice. You guys can keep your Cameroon for yourself. Anglophones have come to realise Garlic culture and anglosaxionism sometimes find it difficult to cope mostly in a case where one of the culture is only wanting to dominate the other.
When Francophones talk of patriotism, they turn to mean we Anglophones should shut up and eat their shit. Their corrupt practices, their nasty judicial system, their police state, their bureaucracy and poor style of conducting public affairs. Well I got good and bad news for them. The good news is that my generation of young Anglophones are ready to take our destiny into our own hands. The bad news is that the divorce is eminent. We have tried to save your ass from neocolonialism but now we realise Francophones have been brainwashed and assimilated into the nasty French culture.