People are always afraid of the
unknown because they do not know, which direction change can take. Marafa
Hamidou Yaya is well known by the regime and its members, yet he remains
greatly unknown an unpredictable given his recent activities and gesticulations
since the day he was arrested. The issue that is making the regime to tremble
is the fact that Marafa was so closed to power for long and has the secret
documents and all protocol agreements between Cameroon and other nation states.
He can decide to make public this secret dealings and this will greatly discredit
the present regime. Like in his first letter, Marafa clearly indicated his
closeness with the Head of State, giving away the idea that he was the person
managing Cameroon
while the Head of State was just a bureaucrat. This does not augur well for the
regime. Another issue is that Marafa had longed prepared himself to succeed
Biya as per the revelations in his letters. And any person who has such
ambitions must have contacted, contracted and confirmed national and foreign
assistance. The regime is trembling because it does not know the expanse of
Marafa’s influence. That is who is supporting him where, how and to what
extend? Members of the regime are trembling because Marafa is alleged to have
serious international support which he can rely on to topple the present
regime. This thesis is supported by the fact that prior to the 2011
Presidential elections Marafa was cited as a candidate of some foreign
countries. The regime actually believed so as per his first letter where he
said the Head of State asked the Director of Civil Cabinet to inquire whether
he, Marafa was to stand against him the Head of State in the October 2011
Presidential election.
Added to this are the revelations
Marafa is making. The regime is trembling because Marafa is not only exposing
the corrupt nature of the regime in place but is pointing accusing fingers on
some government ministers that are still serving, for being responsible for
most of the mishaps of Cameroon. This is why some ministers are quick to
chastise Marafa in a bid to dissuade him from publishing more state secrets.
They are afraid that he might call their names as those who were planning with
him the after-Biya succession. Unfortunately, those who are against Marafa’s
letters are not providing alternatives to the population that is anxious to
know how Cameroon
is governed. Equally, the regime is dodging away from the issues raised by
Marafa in his letters, thus creating more suspicion in the minds of the public
and attracting sympathy for him.
For instance the management of
petroleum revenue in Cameroon
has always remained a state secret. And the regime is afraid that Marafa who
was Board chair of the National Hydrocarbon Company, SNH can spill the beans
and attract a public disapproval of the underhand methods of the regime and its
barons on the management of petroleum revenue. How are people recruited
in SNH, how much does petrol contribute to the national budget are questions on
the lips of most Cameroonians and Marafa may provide the answers, a thing
the regime is afraid of.
As regards the Albatross,
Marafa has cited the names of the people who are supposed to be held
responsible for embezzling the tax payers money meant for the purchase of the
presidential aircraft. It is not only the revelation citing the names of those
involved, including that of the Head of State that is disturbing but the fact
that Marafa Hamidou Yaya can block the trial of the Albatross affair by
refusing to cooperate with justice as he has started doing. This will be very
embarrassing to the regime as many of the accused would have been unjustly
detained.
In his fourth letter to the Head
of State Marafa has indicated how money meant for the compensation of victims
of the 1995 Boeing plane crash in Douala
has been embezzled by members of government. This fourth letter has attracted
some sympathy especially as Marafa has portrayed the pathetic life style of
some victims of that plane crash. He has promised to publish in the days ahead
money that was squandered to put CRTV on the satellite.
If the regime is panicky it is
because they do not know exactly how far Marafa can go with his letters and the
effect such letters will have on public opinion. And while the regime is
trembling to the point of transferring Marafa to SED where it is expected he
will no longer be able to publish other letters, Marafa’s supporters are
enjoying the game, as Marafa is putting a regime he serve to task. When will
members of the regime stop playing the Ostrich?
When News Breaks Out, We Break In. Minute by Minute Report on Cameroon and Africa
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