November 3, 2009
This statement is about the knee-jerk reaction of the Minister of Communication in la République du Cameroun [aka the Republic of Cameroon] on the recommendations of the African Commission of Human and Peoples Rights (ACHPR) in Banjul on the Southern Cameroons case instituted by Kevin Ngwang Gumne and others against the Republic of Cameroon, and the rumours that the Southern Cameroons’ Peoples Organisation (SCAPO) is a political party in la République du Cameroun (LRC).
The ACHPR recommendations included the reform of the Higher Judicial Council with purely Law Persons of the Judiciary. Has the government allowed the reform which will give meaning to independence of the Judiciary duly won for Cameroon by SCAPO and their team? The minister paraded the image of Gumne on CRTV and invited SCAPO and the Southern Cameroons National Council (SCNC) to transform into political parties in LRC.
May I remind Mr. Tchiroma that he and I used to support Mr. Bouba Bello, Chairman Fru Ndi and others in the opposition parties? We attended meetings in Bamenda, Douala, Yaoundé, Nkongsamba and other places. In 1992 Fru Ndi won the presidential elections. His reward was "House Arrest" with many of his supporters in hiding. These parties have since diminished in size and influence, squeezed by the government he now serves.
One other recommendations of the ACHPR is the equitable distribution of the national wealth to all regions through infrastructural development. Has the government even started to implement this?
SCAPO's objective is to restore the sovereignty of the Southern Cameroons. Can this be done through LRC that has confiscated the SC sovereignty?
SCAPO remains a political party in the Southern Cameroons since the fraudulent Green Tree Accord in 2006. The rumours that SCAPO has become a political party in LRC remain unfounded. Any Southern Cameroonian or group that is connected to these rumours should retract without delay and inform our citizens. SCAPO is not a political party in the Republic of Cameroon.
La République du Cameroun attained independence on 1st January, 1960. The Southern Cameroons was not party to it. It is still not party to it.
Southern Cameroonians are a PEOPLE with inalienable Rights. Peoples’ rights are a continuing right.
It is our hope that LRC will decide to be honest with its citizens in order to prevent imminent disaster that usually befalls any country whose government is dishonest to its citizens.
All Southern Cameroonians should stay calm and pray hard against any bad influence from la République du Cameroun.
God bless.
Kevin Ngwang Gumne PhD
Chairman of SCAPO
Lead Plaintiff in Communication 266/2003
Returning Officer- 1961 Plebiscite
