Wednesday, March 19, 2014

RESPONSE TO AN ADVOCATE OF CHANGE ON IDENTIFYING FRIENDS AND ENEMIES IN A STRUGGLE TO CHANGE THE CAMEROONIAN SYSTEM



My dear friend,

I understand what it means to suffer persecution. From your presentation, you were persecuted. I too have suffered it several times, so I can empathize with you. Still, when you are persecuted, you should clearly identify who the enemies really are, and the reason or purpose for their persecution. In the case of kamerun, it is not for the advancement of the country, so the persecutors should be treated as enemies of the people.

Now, who are your enemies? Is it Francophones or the government in power---the Biya regime? If you think it is Francophones, then you are a Francophobe and you are not being objective. The majority of Francophones supported Fru Ndi  (an Anglophone) to become president in 1992, but the Biya regime with many Anglophones in it,  Achidi Achu as prime minister, prevented Fru Ndi from becoming president. Read carefully No: 3 of the article "HOW COMMITTED ARE WE IN THE STRUGGLE TO CHANGE THE PRESENT SYSTEM". Then you will understand why many Francophones who were staunchly behind the SDF of Fru Ndi believed they have been betrayed by those in the SDF who are now fighting for the Anglophone cause and consider them (Francophone SDF militants) as Francophone enemies.

If you were ever in the SDF, then your group ruptured the broad consensus that once made the party great. It is the greatness of the struggle, the unifying purpose of our minds that I believe should be harnessed. And the ideal to harness that is Kamerunian union nationalism which our Francophone forefathers fought for and lost almost a million lives, and which our Anglophone forefathers stood for  in the plebiscite. It is the dream of reunification that I am working for. It was a noble and advanced dream and a model for an economically unified and politically integrated Africa.

Have a nice day

Janvier Tchouteu                                            October 03, 2004




                                                                                                 


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