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The Cameroon People's Democratic Movement is already in the field campaigning for 2018. Clarion calls have been made for the 83 year old dictator to run again for president. Cameroon Concord can reveal these CPDM outdated gorilla tactics have not gone down well with the international community. As pressure continues to mount on President Biya, the French including the Americans are reportedly preparing a plan B that will see an end to the Biya Francophone Beti Ewondo regime. Recently in Yaounde the nation's capital, mixed reviews and opinions have been expressed by certain political scientists, sociologists, teachers and other academic experts including people on the know. The general feeling remains that anyone who likes Mr Biya can only wish him a happy retirement.
We of this publication agree that at nearly 83 years of age and 34 years in power, President Biya no longer has the physical and moral capacity to manage the country. His 2035 Emergence Plan is already crumbling in front of his own watchful eyes. Nothing is happening with the roads he announced he was building, nothing is happening to the football stadiums he said will be ready before the female African Cup of Nations, nothing has improved with state pensions, the banking sector, health and the judiciary. Going beyond 2018 is not a priority for a people who do not have even basic needs.
Some have opined that President Biya should reject these calls coming from these political sycophants and cronies of his ruling CPDM claiming it represents an identity that illustrates men and women hungry for power. Cameroon Concord's chief political editor observed that Biya should allow other Cameroonians brave like him to take control. To be sure, President Biya must withdraw to preserve his dignity as one of the greatest statesman the continent ever known.
It will be hard for President Biya at 83 to provide a genuine political solution to the major concern before the elections in 2018 which is to establish the essential devices for credible elections. Instead of calling on Mr. Biya to run in 2018 or call for earlier presidential poll, the Francophone Beti Ewondo regime needs to open a transition program, rewrite the constitution and give the country a fair and equitable electoral law as well as strengthen the civil society. Biya and his regime have too many unfinished projects in the last 34 years and everyone Cameroonian including highly placed members of the ruling elites now understand that age is telling on him and these projects will not be realized during the upcoming seven years. We call on President Paul Biya to retire happily. A word to a wise is sufficient.
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The Cameroon People's Democratic Movement is already in the field campaigning for 2018. Clarion calls have been made for the 83 year old dictator to run again for president. Cameroon Concord can reveal these CPDM outdated gorilla tactics have not gone down well with the international community. As pressure continues to mount on President Biya, the French including the Americans are reportedly preparing a plan B that will see an end to the Biya Francophone Beti Ewondo regime. Recently in Yaounde the nation's capital, mixed reviews and opinions have been expressed by certain political scientists, sociologists, teachers and other academic experts including people on the know. The general feeling remains that anyone who likes Mr Biya can only wish him a happy retirement.
We of this publication agree that at nearly 83 years of age and 34 years in power, President Biya no longer has the physical and moral capacity to manage the country. His 2035 Emergence Plan is already crumbling in front of his own watchful eyes. Nothing is happening with the roads he announced he was building, nothing is happening to the football stadiums he said will be ready before the female African Cup of Nations, nothing has improved with state pensions, the banking sector, health and the judiciary. Going beyond 2018 is not a priority for a people who do not have even basic needs.
Some have opined that President Biya should reject these calls coming from these political sycophants and cronies of his ruling CPDM claiming it represents an identity that illustrates men and women hungry for power. Cameroon Concord's chief political editor observed that Biya should allow other Cameroonians brave like him to take control. To be sure, President Biya must withdraw to preserve his dignity as one of the greatest statesman the continent ever known.
It will be hard for President Biya at 83 to provide a genuine political solution to the major concern before the elections in 2018 which is to establish the essential devices for credible elections. Instead of calling on Mr. Biya to run in 2018 or call for earlier presidential poll, the Francophone Beti Ewondo regime needs to open a transition program, rewrite the constitution and give the country a fair and equitable electoral law as well as strengthen the civil society. Biya and his regime have too many unfinished projects in the last 34 years and everyone Cameroonian including highly placed members of the ruling elites now understand that age is telling on him and these projects will not be realized during the upcoming seven years. We call on President Paul Biya to retire happily. A word to a wise is sufficient.
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The Cameroon People's Democratic Movement is already in the field campaigning for 2018. Clarion calls have been made for the 83 year old dictator to run again for president. Cameroon Concord can reveal these CPDM outdated gorilla tactics have not gone down well with the international community. As pressure continues to mount on President Biya, the French including the Americans are reportedly preparing a plan B that will see an end to the Biya Francophone Beti Ewondo regime. Recently in Yaounde the nation's capital, mixed reviews and opinions have been expressed by certain political scientists, sociologists, teachers and other academic experts including people on the know. The general feeling remains that anyone who likes Mr Biya can only wish him a happy retirement.
We of this publication agree that at nearly 83 years of age and 34 years in power, President Biya no longer has the physical and moral capacity to manage the country. His 2035 Emergence Plan is already crumbling in front of his own watchful eyes. Nothing is happening with the roads he announced he was building, nothing is happening to the football stadiums he said will be ready before the female African Cup of Nations, nothing has improved with state pensions, the banking sector, health and the judiciary. Going beyond 2018 is not a priority for a people who do not have even basic needs.
Some have opined that President Biya should reject these calls coming from these political sycophants and cronies of his ruling CPDM claiming it represents an identity that illustrates men and women hungry for power. Cameroon Concord's chief political editor observed that Biya should allow other Cameroonians brave like him to take control. To be sure, President Biya must withdraw to preserve his dignity as one of the greatest statesman the continent ever known.
It will be hard for President Biya at 83 to provide a genuine political solution to the major concern before the elections in 2018 which is to establish the essential devices for credible elections. Instead of calling on Mr. Biya to run in 2018 or call for earlier presidential poll, the Francophone Beti Ewondo regime needs to open a transition program, rewrite the constitution and give the country a fair and equitable electoral law as well as strengthen the civil society. Biya and his regime have too many unfinished projects in the last 34 years and everyone Cameroonian including highly placed members of the ruling elites now understand that age is telling on him and these projects will not be realized during the upcoming seven years. We call on President Paul Biya to retire happily. A word to a wise is sufficient.
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We understand that whenever a child is being raised in a family where the dad dictates everything, there is the tendency that when freedom finally comes at 18, it will be abused.The case of Brenda Biya, daughter of our chief executive President Paul Biya has already been internationalized since its appearance on social networks. Indeed, having been ejected from a taxi in the United States, the young Brenda Biya claimed she was a victim of racism. A Student at the University of California some 60 km from Los Angeles, Brenda in her tussle with a US taxi man revealed that she spends over 800 dollars round trip (about 500,000 CFA francs) per day to attend classes.
When you consider that Brenda has university classes four times a week and should make this trip once or twice a day, we can deduce that the daughter of the head of state spends about 1 to 2 million CFA francs each week. A local statistician placed the annual taxi fare at 48 to 96 million CFA francs. The video posted on Snapchat has angered many Cameroonians mindful of the fact that 60% of Far North residents live below the UN poverty line. Correspondingly, many Cameroonians are dying because they have no means of livelihood.
There is an urgent need for Etoudi to sound a note of caution to this little girl. The recent happenings in the US has revealed that nothing has been taught to the little girl on the code of conduct of children from presidential families. Let alone the conduct of Cameroonian students abroad noted for their good behavior. The warm blood which she demonstrated in that video should also be properly examined. Instead of wasting time changing from one funny hair style to another, First Lady Chantal Biya should go back to the black board and begin again. A stitch in time saves nine.
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- Ngwa Bertrand
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We understand that whenever a child is being raised in a family where the dad dictates everything, there is the tendency that when freedom finally comes at 18, it will be abused.The case of Brenda Biya, daughter of our chief executive President Paul Biya has already been internationalized since its appearance on social networks. Indeed, having been ejected from a taxi in the United States, the young Brenda Biya claimed she was a victim of racism. A Student at the University of California some 60 km from Los Angeles, Brenda in her tussle with a US taxi man revealed that she spends over 800 dollars round trip (about 500,000 CFA francs) per day to attend classes.
When you consider that Brenda has university classes four times a week and should make this trip once or twice a day, we can deduce that the daughter of the head of state spends about 1 to 2 million CFA francs each week. A local statistician placed the annual taxi fare at 48 to 96 million CFA francs. The video posted on Snapchat has angered many Cameroonians mindful of the fact that 60% of Far North residents live below the UN poverty line. Correspondingly, many Cameroonians are dying because they have no means of livelihood.
There is an urgent need for Etoudi to sound a note of caution to this little girl. The recent happenings in the US has revealed that nothing has been taught to the little girl on the code of conduct of children from presidential families. Let alone the conduct of Cameroonian students abroad noted for their good behavior. The warm blood which she demonstrated in that video should also be properly examined. Instead of wasting time changing from one funny hair style to another, First Lady Chantal Biya should go back to the black board and begin again. A stitch in time saves nine.
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- Ngwa Bertrand
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We understand that whenever a child is being raised in a family where the dad dictates everything, there is the tendency that when freedom finally comes at 18, it will be abused.The case of Brenda Biya, daughter of our chief executive President Paul Biya has already been internationalized since its appearance on social networks. Indeed, having been ejected from a taxi in the United States, the young Brenda Biya claimed she was a victim of racism. A Student at the University of California some 60 km from Los Angeles, Brenda in her tussle with a US taxi man revealed that she spends over 800 dollars round trip (about 500,000 CFA francs) per day to attend classes.
When you consider that Brenda has university classes four times a week and should make this trip once or twice a day, we can deduce that the daughter of the head of state spends about 1 to 2 million CFA francs each week. A local statistician placed the annual taxi fare at 48 to 96 million CFA francs. The video posted on Snapchat has angered many Cameroonians mindful of the fact that 60% of Far North residents live below the UN poverty line. Correspondingly, many Cameroonians are dying because they have no means of livelihood.
There is an urgent need for Etoudi to sound a note of caution to this little girl. The recent happenings in the US has revealed that nothing has been taught to the little girl on the code of conduct of children from presidential families. Let alone the conduct of Cameroonian students abroad noted for their good behavior. The warm blood which she demonstrated in that video should also be properly examined. Instead of wasting time changing from one funny hair style to another, First Lady Chantal Biya should go back to the black board and begin again. A stitch in time saves nine.
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# Paul Biya and his regime
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