French National Assembly says President Biya's continued stay in power is illegitimate

A French parliamentary report published by some media houses in France says President Paul Biya’s continued stay in power is "illegitimate". On April 15, 2015, after the presentation of the report, Elisabeth Guigou, who chairs the Foreign Affairs Committee, asked the French parliamentarians, "to enrich and clarify their text" - implied remove words that annoy. Cameroon Concord understands Elisabeth Guigou’s efforts were too little too late as the media had already made public some extracts of the parliamentary report. For his part, the Socialist deputy rapporteur noted that the word [illegitimate] in the case of President Paul Biya, was used by "experts" during the debate in the house.

This disavowal of the French parliamentarians who now criticize Biya is telling. For, after the re-election of Biya, in October 2011, for another term of seven years, France did maintain that the elections took place in acceptable conditions, while the United States, through the voice of its ambassador in Yaoundé, observed that the elections were flawed. The regime in Yaoundé will certainly respond that Paul Biya is indeed legitimate, by having been re-elected by 77.989% of votes, according to the Supreme Court, in a democratic election. The apologists of the CPDM, might even add, that they have no lessons to learn from Paris, Cameroon being a sovereign and independent country.

French ambassador to Cameroon, Christine Robichon, reported to the French national assembly that anti-French feeling is now a reality in Cameroon. She recently told a Douala based radio station that the image of France is deteriorating daily in Cameroon. It is vital to include in this report that mindful of all French conspiracies against the Cameroonian people aimed at destabilising the Cameroonian nation, we of this publication are saying that the solution to the current political crisis in Cameroon will only come from Yaoundé NOT Paris.