The Anglophone consortium has today, Sunday, 12.Febraury 2017 released a press statement outling a way forward in the current crisis.The press statement comes barely two days after which Mr. Wilfred Tassang, educator and founding member of the All Anglophone Civil Society Consortium,  announced to the whole world the restoration of the sovereign state of the Southern Cameroons in a video statement.Today's statement from the consortium outlines the following as put forward by Mark Bareta on his Facebook wall:

While bearing in mind that schools shut down and courts remain in place; while noting that our leaders and hundreds of our people are still in jails; While noting that our internet and means of communication is still shut down; bearing in mind the brutality on our people in Ndop, Jakiri and Bali; the people's struggle must continue. The consortium since yesterday has been in dialogue looking for possible means to sustain this struggle. Below are the highlights within this communique. We ask all to read keenly and communicate back home. Further strategies will come forth as we continue a broad-base consultation with all groups. The highlights include:

Fellow Southern Cameroonians, the Consortium leadership is particularly delighted to congratulate you all for the historic victory recorded in the boycott of yesterday's march pasts. Your shouting rejection of this day of slavery and servitude has sent a strong message where it ought to go; that time has come for the people of God to walk into freedom.

We are happy to announce to you that due to the resilience we have all demonstrated this far, our Lord God has raised solid quarters to begin laying the foundation of our graduation from constant kidnappings and torture, rape and dehumanizing treatment of all nature. Standing on that re-assuring pedestal, we are now able to gladly reveal that by August of this same year 2017, Southern Cameroonians from Mundemba to Nkambe, Bangem to Mbengwi and Buea to Bamenda will be singing redemption songs.
Let us therefore remain patient and enduring, for weeping lasted the night, but Joy cometh in the morning. Victory is near, thus this is not the time to waver. We shall maintain the boycott of schools by keeping our children safely back home until we acquire the power to give them proper education.
Due to the huge success we noticed in the boycott of 11 February festivities in all the counties of the northern and southern zones; we have exceptionally decided to limit ghost towns only on Tuesday this week. So, tomorrow - Monday the 13th of February, you shall
open your shops and go about your normal activities, while on Teusday we shut down again.Next week we shall resume ghost towns on Mondays and Tuesdays untill the time hen we deem it necessary to suspend same and that may not be long from now.

This Monday also, some of our leaders who are in detention will be standing trial. While we fast and pray to God against the spirit of compromise, we should put them in remembrance and ask God to take control. Where it is possible our people should storm the courts to show solidarity.

CivIl Resistance:

The Consortium is hereby suspending the payment of all forms of taxes by our business community in Southern Cameroons. We are also calling on our people to strictly boycott all Camtel products. Suspend your Camel or CTphone subscription immediately because communicating on that network is like talking In a market. The company has opened its servers to government and that is what is facilitating the numerous arrests we are witnessing.

Keep boycotting CRTV as much as possible, because its only role now is misinformation and manipulation. Last Saturday February 11, they broadcast old images and we saw dead people marching, only in an effort to deceive the world that you did not boycott the evil celebration.

We are urging all Southern Cameroonians to strictly stay away from this year's edition of the Buea mountain race and all official celebrations organised by la Republique.
 
Boycott of Police/Courts:

The Consortium is calling on our people not to take their matters to the courts being run by colonial judges anymore. They should no longer take complaints to gendarmerie and police stations. Let our quarter heads, Fons, chiefs, religious leaders hear your cases until we take our destiny into our hands. Common law lawyers all over the regions shall lend their support to these jurisdictions. We are calling on our traditional authorities as well as religious leaders to dispense justice with the fear of the Lord; they should always mimic King Solomon's wisdom.

Diplomatic Offensive:

The Consortium is so proud of our brethren in the Diaspora. They are playing an invaluable role in this struggle. But with effect frorn this week, they will play an even greater role. We are preparing specific guidelines for that as directed by God.
The Consortium wishes to once more thank you for the unprecedented sacrifice and cooperation we are getting from you.