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| Aminatou flanked by Jean Nkuete |
The daughter of the
first President of Cameroon has
given the underlying reasons for her
joining the CPDM. "My membership in the CPDM goes beyond the
mere possession of a voter a
card. It results from the requirement to take an inheritance. As I said,
much of the history of Cameroon is in this
family, I can not ignore that
another part of this story runs in
my veins. And the blood that
flows in my veins, I can still hear nostalgic emotions of my father President Ahmadou
Ahidjo who worked tirelessly to
build a strong and prosperous Cameroon
" "Act otherwise would be to betray the memory
of my father as the bounden duty to bring my
modest contribution to the advancement of our dear and beautiful country. Do otherwise would be ungrateful vis-à-vis thousands of parents,
brothers and sisters for whom my return
home is a new beginning. To do
otherwise would finally fail in
my duty of gratitude to the
National President Paul Biya
through whom I
speak today” says Aminatou Ahidjo.
She cleared the air a forthight ago while addressing CPDM militants in Garoua. Repeating
a quote from President Biya as well she added
that “sometimes you forget the past. Mutual forgiveness”, she emphasized is “a path
that leads to lasting peace. We must have the courage to silence our passions to
focus on the essential, that is to say, move
forward together, hand in hand, towards
the realization of our national
destiny. This is the price
that we can create the conditions for
genuine reconciliation of hearts and
minds and strengthen our democracy ", is according to Paul Biya in a speech
in 1992 in Garoua.
However, critical minds are of
the opinion that she is a disgrace to the family while popular opinion holds
that she is grown up, knows the right from the wrong and it is her freedom to
chose where to belong.
When News Breaks Out, We Break In. Minute by Minute Report on Cameroon and Africa
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