Awa Cletus: Biggest betrayal in Anglophone Cameroon's contemporary history
Awah Cletus, the President of a local civil society organization based in the opposition stronghold of Bamenda, Cameroon, has endorsed a Ministerial meeting with a group of French-speaking Cameroonians to end the Anglophone strike against marginalization.
"This is the biggest betrayal of the 21 century," several Anglophone lawyers have alarmed. "It is unacceptable, illegal and massacre of justice for all English-speaking Cameroonians."
Mr. Awah was the only Anglophone to travel to the capital city of Yaounde to heed to the Ministers' call against a backlash by all Anglophone lawyers and teachers who called for a boycott.
"How much was he paid to sell out Anglophones," Meh Christain, a concerned Cameroonian asked on a phone while holding back tears.
A few days ago, I received a telephone call from Mr. Awah who revealed to me that he was invited to the Yaounde meeting. As honest as I could be, I suggested to Mr. Awah not to attend that meeting because he lacks the capacity to represent Anglophone lawyers and teachers.
I went on to advise Mr. Awah that such a meeting must be held with all relevant stakeholders including the major opposition parties and the United Nations in Cameroon. It must be a semblance of the 1961 plebiscite that was chaired by the United Nations.
I warned Mr. Awah that if he attends, the public will not be pleased with his action.
But seeing the attached documents with Mr. Awah's signature was a shock to me.
First, Mr. Awah did not even march on the streets with the lawyers. He was not tear gassed nor beaten. "It is a mockery to the efforts of lawyers fighting for the nation as a whole. It is a mockery for unity," some lawyers spoke to me on the telephone.
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