Jean de Dieu Momo's PADDEC, Fritz Pierre Ngo's Ecological Movement, Joachim
Tabi Owono's AMEC, Isaac Feuzeu's MERCI, Tita Fon Samuel's CPP or Benz Enow
Bate's CDP who opposed President Paul Biya in previous presidential elections
have decided to endorse his candidature in the upcoming October 7, 2018
Presidential election. In all, 20 leaders of the opposition met at the Hilton
Hotel in Yaounde last Friday July 20, 2018 to endorse Paul Biya, candidate of
the ruling Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement-CPDM.
Amongst them was Isaac Feuzeu of the
MERCI party who equally submitted his candidacy at Elecam to run for the
elections scheduled for October 7.
Also present were Bapooh Lipot of the UPC
and Samuel Fon of CPP who were all recognised by the Minister of Territorial
Administration, Atanga Nji, days ago as official representatives of their political
parties.
In a joint declaration which was read in
French and English by Bapooh(UPC)and Benz Enow(CDP), the group of 20 gave
reasons why they have decided to endorse and rally behind the candidate of the
CPDM. “Since the Presidential elections of
2011, some members of our group requested the putting in place of a dynamic
framework for change to take place in the political arena in Cameroon....Our proposal
for a single opposition candidate met resistance from those who think that they
are strong and can win the presidential election single-handedly”.
To them, majority of the leaders in the
opposition prefer to showcase the kind of “One
Man Show” and that they only wake up from slumber on the eve of elections.
Harping of the ineffectiveness of the opposition, the group of 20 painted their
colleagues as an opposition that lacks organizational skills. To them the opposition in Cameroon can only be
dreaming of change given that its handicapped by many factors such as the “lack of organization of the opposition parties,
the egoism of some of its leaders, the inflated ego of pretenders to the presidential
seat who are all in a logic of ME OR NOBODY,
the lack of a credible manifesto, and lack of means”.
After presenting a myriad of some
shortcomings of the opposition parties, the group of 20 declared that “We the leaders, of the opposition parties
united under the “Group of 20” have decided to give our total and unconditional
support to the candidature of H.E President Paul Biya for the 7 October, 2018
Presidential election”.
To the Group of 20, Paul Biya merits the
support of all Cameroonians of goodwill reasons why they unconditionally support
the re-election of President Paul Biya.
When News Breaks Out, We Break In. (The 2014 Bloggies Finalist)
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