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| Archbishop Samuel Kleda |
Archbishop Samuel Kleda, the Archbishop of Douala who doubles as the President of the National
Episcopal Conference of Cameroon has urged President Paul Biya to quit power before the 2018. In making
the demand, the Archbishop of Douala while granting an interview to Canal 2 International described the plethora of memoranda from various groups
across the country to the Presidency of the Republic the signs of the grief nationwide.
He said President Biya should take his retirement
before the 2018 Presidential Election. "When we get old and we can no
longer work, it means we have come to a point where, in order to save
the country and for the good of the masses, we have to give way to some
other person,” he said.
He equally called on Cameroonians to accept the
reality of the imminent exit of Biya and prepare grounds for fruitful
national dialogue so as to save the country from imminent disintegration
in the aftermath. He blamed the tension that is enveloping as fallout
of a bad political system under Biya.“Presidential elections in this
country have been plagued by fraud and vote rigging. This has prevented
the right successor from being groomed. Electoral systems that are guided
by democratic principles are the only sure way through which the
younger generation can be groomed to succeed the older. Unfortunately,
such a system has never existed in Cameroon,” Kleda lamented. “The way
Cameroon is governed; is no different from the way a traditional ruler
or chief runs his village. This is unfortunate for the entire country,”
said Kleda.
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