Many of us Cameroonians, are yet to get the big picture. The
system needs to be dismantled like the Apartheid system was dismantled in South
Africa etc. Then and only then can the "New Cameroon" be born.
Kamerunist started saying that in 1956. That battle cry was picked up again in 1990,
and the "liberals and moderates" in particular thought the issue was
only Biya (the regime managing the system) and today, those with a goal to
remove Biya without the ideological content, who failed to think things through
are in disarray. Today, I see people who were with the system yesterday, but
who apparently are against it today, now talking about the "New
Cameroon"too (Kamto, Fru Ndi, and others of the MRC and SDF), but cannot
bring themselves to confront the Cameroon malady at its roots---dismantling the
system. Good they have taken some steps forward in the right direction, in
their requisite psychosocial advancements. But that is not enough. There is
still a long way to go. Talking about change, meaning it and working for it, is
the real thing. The problem with Cameroon is that it has a rotten foundation
that needs to be relaid----dismantling the system. Nothing new can be built on
the foundations of this moribund system that would stand the test of time. You
get to a new dimension when you start thinking along those lines.
Janvier Tchouteu is the author of Triple Agent, Double Cross
Janvier Tchouteu is also the author of " The Mistakes To Be Avoided in Building The New Cameroon"
Cameroon: France’s Dysfunctional Puppet System in Africa
by Janvier Tchouteu
