Re-organisation of the ruling CPDM party in Cameroon: Is the storm really over?

 The results of the CPDM reorganisation exercise nationwide has been made public amidst open anger from some militants. According to field reports, the Secretary General of the Party, Jean Nkuete kept aside most of the decisions taken by the 2015 Central Committee Supervisory Commission for the reorganisation exercise in favor of his own group. Correspondingly, disputes recorded were sidelined for obvious reasons. Cameroon Concord Intelligence Unit gathered that a report from Prof. Joseph Owona who headed the CPDM delegation to the Far North Region suggesting that results in 7 constituencies be cancelled and a re-run be carried out because of gross irregularities was rejected by Hon. Jean Nkuete on grounds that the image of the party will be tarnished deep within the diaspora. 

A delegation from the North West Region chaired by Regina Mundi and Fon Aneng could not be received in Yaounde by the Secretary General on grounds that Mr Nkete was attending a meeting. The two North West CPDM emissaries carried in their file suggestions that the party hierarchy should transparently examine all petitions from the region. When they returned to Bamenda after a failed mission to Yaounde, some disgruntled party militants in Mezam 1V, Bafut staged a protest march at the Divisional office and forwarded a petition through the DO to the Secretary General and copied the Prime Minister.

The protesters throw stones at former Governor Fai Yengo Francis, Prof. Angwafor and Co. whom they claimed did not listen to the militants during the electoral process despite massive boycott of the November 2015 renewal execise. In Kumba and Buea, tempers are yet to settle for the mere reason that official results are now determined by the party’s newspaper, L’Action.  The Mayor of Buea, Ekema Patrick and his supporters despite the protest march are still leaking the wounds of defeat. The stability of the party in some localities such as Mamfe and Eyumojcok is hanging on the balance, some reports have suggested. It will be recalled that when the reorganisation exercise came to a close last November 2015, allegations of fraud, intimidation, vote rigging, corruption, disenfranchisement and a host of other electoral malpractices were reported across the country. These shortcomings fell short of a clarion call from the party chair, Paul Biya for fair play before, during and after the reorganisation exercise.