About 77.99% of Cameroonians have a profound sense of justice. Voting in Pretoria, Libreville, Paris, Washington DC or Beijing; and trooping to voting centres from Widikum to Idenau, Mundemba to Yokaduma; and from Nkolandoum to Kouseri, Cameroonians have sent a loud and clear message that paves the path of their political and economic destiny. On October 9, 2011 they statistically and significantly voted for a President whom they wish will lead them into the promise land of human actualization. Presidential elections 2011 is somewhat a prophetic destiny on President Paul Biya’s reelection, which hinges on three foundations, ten pillars and the Biya welfarism which the people of Cameroon objectively assessed and gave to him their overt support.
In a landslide victory, President Paul Biya of Cameroon has been reelected for another seven-year term in office. With more than 77 percent scored, and closest challenger Ni John Fru Ndi, recouped a disappointing 10 percent. Garga Haman Adji of the ADD party had a meager 3 percent score and Adamou Adamu Ndam Njoya a consoling 1 percent. The results highlight the regional, tribal and sectarian holdings of the key opposition parties. The people of the Northwest region voted 54.7 percent for Mr Ni John Fru Ndi, what some analysts are refering to as a calculated political suicide for the region in association to resource politics as espoused in political science theories on reward and punishment for constituencies. The solemnity in Cameroon's supreme Court sitting in for the Constitutional Council over eight hours of a laborious exercise, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Alexis Depanda Mouelle went through all 58 divisions of Cameroon and foreign constituencies where voting took place. Details of the number of registered voters, abstentions, empty ballots and the findings in percentages were read out before scores attributed to each of the 23 candidates were read...More Results
Dr Ernest Molua, CPDM campaign team member, Communications Officer and Lecturer, University of Buea, spoke to Recorder Editor Christopher Ambe after a village - to- village campaign in Buea subdivision for CPDM Candidate, Paul Biya, for the coming October 9 presidential poll. Below are excerpts:
Dr.Ernest Molua, you are member of the CPDM campaign teams in the Southwest region, especially Buea subdivision. Campaigns are almost coming to an end. What is your assessment of the general conduct of the exercise this far?
We of the CPDM believe very strongly that we have to take our campaign message right to the grassroots .So since the commencement of campaigns for the coming presidential election we have organized ourselves in such as way that, various parts of the regions have been divided into zones and resource persons have been assigned to these zones. And they have gone down to serious work. That means meeting family heads, grassroots militants and sympathizers and taking the message to them and also encouraging them to talk to their neighbors, friends, families, groups etc on the importance of re-electing President Paul Biya.
What particular message is the CPDM taking to the electorate? First, the consolidation of peace in Cameroon. No prosperity can be achieved in war, and Mr. Biya since assuming office as president of Cameroon in 1982, has ensured that his primary focus on governance is peace. In addition to ensuring constant peace, he has put in place laws and policies that allow Cameroonians to freely express themselves.
So, there are two things we take to the people for them to be able to appreciate Cameroon vis-à-vis other countries in the sub-region: the peace that we have enjoyed in Cameroon that have allowed them to excel in what ever they are doing; the development that has taken place and the potentials Mr. Biya has to achieve more in the coming years.
Peter Mafany Musonge,Southwest Regional Campaign team leader and Grand Chancellor of the National Order,has stated that no one ever wins an election in advance because certain forces can make it possible for one to fail. Musonge was speaking recently in Bokova,in one of a series of CPDM campaign tours, which brought together traditional rulers of the Bonavada area,Buea Divisional campaign team leaders, militants and sympathisers of CPDM. ''The only thing is that no one wins an election in advance because certain things can happen which can make it possible for one to fail,''Musonge stressed. He however enjoined the youths of the Bonavada community to direct the elderly persons in the community, on polling day, to be able to recognise the image of their candidate Paul Biya, and not to cast their votes to the wrong candidates.
Buea subdivision with a population of about 200,000 people, is highly cosmopolitan and has various political parties functioning there ,with two having their headquarters there.They are the Social Liberal Congress (SLC) of Professor George Nyamndi and Liberal Democratic Alliance (LDA) of Mola Njoh Litumbe. But the ruling CPDM appears bent on projecting the subdivision as its bastion. Since the official launching of presidential campaigns last September 24, Buea CPDM officials and militants have embarked on a daily aggressive door-to door campaign, visiting all the nucks and crannies of the subdivision in a bid to win more - if not all registered voters on the side of Presidential Candidate Paul Biya. Frontline Buea CPDM campaigners include: Hon Emilia Lifaka Monjowa, Vice President of Cameroon's National Assembly, Hon Meoto Paul Njie, and former Director of Cabinet at the Prime Ministry; Mayor Charles Mbella Moki, Hannah Etonde Mbua, Buea WCPDM President; Mbome Motomby Emmanuel, Buea YCPDM president; Paramount Chief of Buea, SML Endeley, Dr. Amos Namanga Ngongi, and Dr. Ernest Molua, of the University of Buea.
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