There was anger and frustration in the air at
the Cameroon National Assembly today, June 11, 2014 when visiting Ivorian House
Speaker Hon. Guillaume Soro entered the House. Considered as the man who
betrayed Gbagbo, former Ivorian Rebel leader, Hon. Guillaume Soro now masquerading
as House Speaker has been sucked into the political drama of the Cameroon
National Assembly where boycotts and walk-outs are established menus.
However, this is the first time that Members
of Parliament of the leading opposition Social Democratic Front-SDF have walked
out in anger to express their disapproval of visitor. The most interesting part
of the drama is that while SDF MPs stormed out, Members of Parliament of the
ruling Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement on the other hand gave the visiting
Ivorian House Speaker a standing ovation. It should be recalled that last weekend the
National Executive Council-NEC of the SDF meeting in Buea, distanced selves
from the visit.
Besides, allegations are rife at that an emissary
of the FPI party of former President Laurent Gbagbo was in Cameroon and
exceptionally attended the Buea NEC meeting to lobby SDF support in
pressurizing for the release of former Ivorian Head of State, Laurent Gbagbo
who is currently undergoing trail for crime against humanity at the Hague.
The
Nifty Gritty of Constant Ivorian High Profile Personalities in Cameroon
Ivorian House Speaker arrived
Cameroon on June 10, 2014 for a five-day working visit. In less than six months
three state personalities have visited Cameroon. Yet public opinion has been
wondering what could be their hidden agenda? Of late, Ivorian Minister of
Communication was in Cameroon. Speculations were rife at that she came with a
bag of money to buy over some media organs. But Cameroon’s own vuvuzela, cum
Minister of Communication, Isa Tchiroma Bakary debunked the allegations. The
worry is that in less than six months, three high profile state personalities of
Quatara regime have visited Cameroon. To cut the story short, Hon. Guillaume
Soro has finally let the cat out of the bag. He called on Cameroon to support his country in their reconciliation process. While corroborating the sardonic
act of the SDF, he said that if the incident didn’t occur he won’t have been
popular in Cameroon. He also said he has come to learn given that he is just 42
years old, added that his life has never been that of roses and that he has seen almost every other thing. To him, if Gbagbo accepted the results of the elections, he (Gbagbo) wouldn't have been at the Hague today.
Harping on the phenomenon called Boko Haram,
Soro said that (Boko Haram) is not fighting against injustice, but on the
contrary they are fighting institute injustice reasons why it should be destroyed.
He also proposed that the Cameroon National Assembly should organize an
inter-parliamentary meeting to strategise against the phenomenon given that
Hon. Cavaye Yeguie is the doyen of the Club of African Assembly of Speakers. Justifying
why he was a rebel, he said revolted against “Ivoirite” just like Ruben Um
Nyobe, Martin Paul Samba, and others rebelled against colonial dominance in
Cameroon.
When News Breaks Out, We Break In. (The 2014 Bloggies Finalist)
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