Cameroon:CPP President Kah Walla , “CPDM is reaping what it has sown for 34 years”

The national president of the Cameroon’s People’s Party has reminded the Biya regime that the status quo serves the Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement well.

Kah WalLa was speaking on Cameroon Calling on the state broadcaster Crtv. She was confronting Gladys Etombi, CPDM parliamentarian for Fako East Constituency on what they called “political education”.

Kah Walla began by asking rhetorically why the CPDM needed the CPP and the SDF so baldy at this moment. The SDF and CPP are the leading political parties which championed the boycott of the National Day, partly explaining the reason for the rhetorical question.

The media outing comes barely 24 hours after the CPP boycotted National Unity Day celebrations. While Etombi considered the move as a sign of the lack of political education, Kah Walla made it clear that “it is enshrined in the constitution”. The boycott is a right, a form of protest.

“[…] the result of 34 years of CPDM management of this country is that one out of every two Cameroonians doesn’t have water to drink[…]”, she pointed out.

Fighting back on the question of peace in Cameroon, Kah Walla pointed out that peace does not necessarily mean the absence of war.

“There are millions of Cameroonians in the Far North of the country who have been under attack for close to seven years now.  You cannot talk of peace when the North West and south West are completely militarized”.

For that reason, Kah Walla called on the entire CPDM to go “back to school and learn the definition of peace as well as fundamental human rights and democracy.”

But Etombi Gladys would not let go. She accused the entire Opposition of being selfish, hence unable to form a coalition and bring the regime to its knees.

The CPP did not lack a replay to this. Beginning with a sarcastic wave of laughter, she retorted bitterly. “ Haha. There is no need to rally together if you have a democracy. They have created an undemocratic state. A state where they rig elections and turn round and say the opposition should come together.”

“We need to fix the ground move in this country […] Cameroonians are on the move,” she continued, adding that the CPDM is under pressure, hence the “bizarre reaction”.

The president of the CPP also called for putting in place of an “independent electoral commission” as well as the institution of a second  round of voting, the run-off.

More than 30 political parties scramble for the presidency during each presidential election, yet the ruling party always “wins” during the first round. After all, there is no run-off, victory or no victory.

Edith Kah Walla had declared a boycott of National Day celebrations before her deputy sent a message to the Crtv, contracting the boycott. He had considered the decision “unilateral” by the president.

He had argued that it was irrational to boycott the celebrations when one was planning to govern the nation.