A Paper on Political Reconciliation
by Tata Kwawi Mbinglo (Former Student President of the University of Buea)
presently in Thailand on the Occasion of 7th Anniversary of The Eye
Newspaper. Paper represented by Tamngwa Marcel Kwalar
The senior Divisional Officer,
Members of the Administrative unit,
Award Jury members,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
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| Tata Kwawi Mbinglo |
I must acknowledge the commendable and
credible efforts of the Eye Newspaper for recognizing and rewarding hard
work.This will go a long way to encourage excellence and devotedness to
unprecedented performance by those who serve our beloved country in different
categories. While acknowledging that
our politicians have made tremendous strides towards developing our cherished
division, I must underscore here that the political evolution in Donga Mantung
has witnessed a lot of shortcomings with regards to the expectations and hopes
of the people in this Geo political landscape. Politicians have been accused of
embracing personal interest than that of the population that elected them to
high offices for the purpose of improving the current underdevelopment in the
division.
Political
parties all have a common vision and mission expressed through their manifestos
which all represent the welfare and wellbeing of the masses they represent.
Thus identifying yourself with a political party does not defeat the purpose of
your mission which encompasses that of your personal interest and the community
as a whole. All political parties aim at meeting up with and satisfying the needs
of their people irrespective of party lines. Thus it is a common thing to find
two brothers identifying themselves in different political parties yet sleeping
on one bed. A husband and wife could possibly belong to opposing parties yet
remain who they are.
Unfortunately,
politicians have failed to realize that unity should persist even with differed
political thoughts and party lines. Most of our politicians have ruled lines
against their opponents and believe they are life enemies. Modern politics
falls short of such unethical values and go beyond party lines. A brother
militating with the opposition party does not certify him an enemy; it simply
makes him your brother on the other side.
We could differ during the pre-electoral
period in terms of party manifestos and ideology but immediately results are
declared, all we should demonstrate is a fair play attitude and embrace our
brothers and sisters on the other side. Encourage those who lost the elections
and support those who emerged victorious. We all have unique and common
characteristics that make us who we are. We are very hospitable, peace loving,
generous, law abiding and hardworking. These are the values that make us a
unique people.
Political hatred falls short of many
expectations and as a politician when you embark on such you earn up destroying
more than what you intended to construct. A good politician will smile at his
opponent and dine with him with confidence because that is what politics
entails.You must be tolerant; simplicity should be part of you and forgiveness
a virtue in you.
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| Tamngwa Marcel presenting |
I
cannot overemphasize here the essence of political reconciliation among our
politicians here in Donga Mantung. We all know the importance of unity. We
cannot talk of development when unity is far-fetched. No one was born an
island.We must learn to leave as a common people irrespective of our political
party affiliations. Donga Mantung has lost a lot as a result of too much
hatred, black mail and disunity among our politicians. It is high time we stand
up tall against all odds and embrace UNITY in order to Foster Development in
Donga Mantung. Let the political divide come to a stop and lets burry the
hatched.Development is knocking at our door steps but disunity is giving its
back to it. So then we must eradicate the virus of political hatred and
activate the antivirus for political hatred which is UNITY. For once there is
UNITY, Development follows.
As
we leave this hall and round up this great event, we should be new creatures
with new spirits of forgiveness, tolerance and unity.
Let
me end up by congratulating the award winners of this great seasonal event
organized by The Eye newspaper with Mr. Fai Cassian Ndi as
chief editor who has done a great job when it comes to seasonal reporting of
events within and without Donga Mantung Division and for this great privilege
he has given me to pass across this message.
Thank you all for your time
and sorry I am only represented not in person.
When News Breaks Out, We Break In. (The 2014 Bloggies Finalist)
