Mishe Fon,
Anybody who had ever deceived himself or herself into believing that the Bamis chose to ally with the SDF as a matter of principle must have been crazy. Let me repeat this. The seed of confusion that caused the SDF to be wavering between accepting or refusing to enter the parliament was sown by the Bamilekes. It was not as if the the Bami caucus in the SDF officially held a meeting and took a resolution on anything. No. As a people The detest (and still do) Biya' tribe and government but have never been prepared to risk anything to get rid of it. That is why to this day they have never been bold enough to form and run a real Bami political party. They have the money and the natural support base that can sustain a political party even if at the cost of being accused to be only a regional one. But like the tale in which the mice held a meeting and agreed that the cat should be belled, the Bamis have a problem of who is going to accept to do it. The SDF offered them that way out.
As a matter of principle - something that had never been part of Cameroon politics before, the SDF introduced an uncompromising but new approach in Cameroon politics - CHANGE. They wanted to break away with the old order and approach politics from a more patriotic, socialist democratic and above all realistic perspective. As the American saw the French revolution as the model to do away with autocratic power, so too did the SDF see the former West Cameroon political system as a model fit for Cameroon. The SDF was not just another political organisation formed to seize power from the ruling CPDM. It was created to usher a new direction in Cameroon politics. The founding fathers researched and concluded that a form of social democracy with a total devolution of power would be the model needed for a developing Cameroon. The Bami saw this chance and lent their support, albeit that of a Judas.
The danger of the Bamileke factor has always been there but the SDF in its infancy saw that it was far more dangerous creating a party based on regional than national support. Common sense would tell us that if the SDF decided to to be solely an Anglophone party, it would have been disbanded from the beginning with the accusation that it was a threat to National unity. Subversion would have been the charge spelling a death warrant for the young party! They then opted for the lesser evil - Form a national Party. Then the Bami jumped in believing they might shoot two birds with one stone. But contrary to their expectations the SDF was not just created to win over power. It was created to completely change the direction of Cameroon politics. That is why when the decision was taken to boycott elections as a protest against electoral laws in Cameroon, the Bamileke could not understand that.
The SDF was just formed at the right time and its bloody entry into Cameroon political scene demostrated a will power never seen in Cameroon politics - not even the days of the Marquis. This is exactly what the Cameroonian people were waiting for but the Bamis wanted it more because of something else - complete dominance of the economy directly or indiretly by occupying positions of authority in a new political dispensation. But when the SDF hierachy dominated by hard core and principled founding fathers decided that the party would not endorse the abused political system by participating in elections of any sort, the Bamis could not understand that. In a flash they saw parliamentary salaries, grants, ministerial posts, perks, etc vanish before their very eyes as if it was joke. The question they could not get any answers on was this ''What do these Anglophones mean they would not participate in parliamentary elections or participate in government?''
I am not really sure the SDF had anticipated anything like that.The Bamis threatened to go in factions whether the SDF wanted it or not. After this Bami /threats to enter parliament whether the SDF hierachy wanted it or not, the party was in a fix. Cameroon laws and the way the ruling government applied them would have allowed any faction of any political party to participate in any elections - a situation which will work for the benefit of the ruling party since it would further weaken the already factionalized opposition party. The SDF found itself between a rock and a hard place.. It they stuck to their principle of non participation, there was a risk of breaking the young party into factions. The lesser evil was to bow to the Bami threat and fight to keep the party intact. This is the conflict that was inside the party which could not be voiced out because just like many such betrayals, there was hardly any concrete proof.
By choosing to be a national party and incorporating the Bamis, the SDF was gently reduced to just another francophone type political party that does not have a bite - at least not anymore at the level of a union with East Cameroon.
But I am a seeing a light in the horizon. It will not be long for every Anglophone to realize that the insistence in operating as a national party is not going to work. Personally I would have really prefered that it continues to operate this way only if the Francophone politicians were sincerely interested that the Anglophone people were 50/50 in the make up of the Cameroon nation- complete with their cultural values they came in with to the union.. But since it is getting more and more evident that this will never happen, it is not late for the SDF to redirect its punch to support the Anglophone struggle for autonomy. And I am convinced the SDF packs a good punch which it can deliver anytime in that direction.
FEN
Anybody who had ever deceived himself or herself into believing that the Bamis chose to ally with the SDF as a matter of principle must have been crazy. Let me repeat this. The seed of confusion that caused the SDF to be wavering between accepting or refusing to enter the parliament was sown by the Bamilekes. It was not as if the the Bami caucus in the SDF officially held a meeting and took a resolution on anything. No. As a people The detest (and still do) Biya' tribe and government but have never been prepared to risk anything to get rid of it. That is why to this day they have never been bold enough to form and run a real Bami political party. They have the money and the natural support base that can sustain a political party even if at the cost of being accused to be only a regional one. But like the tale in which the mice held a meeting and agreed that the cat should be belled, the Bamis have a problem of who is going to accept to do it. The SDF offered them that way out.
As a matter of principle - something that had never been part of Cameroon politics before, the SDF introduced an uncompromising but new approach in Cameroon politics - CHANGE. They wanted to break away with the old order and approach politics from a more patriotic, socialist democratic and above all realistic perspective. As the American saw the French revolution as the model to do away with autocratic power, so too did the SDF see the former West Cameroon political system as a model fit for Cameroon. The SDF was not just another political organisation formed to seize power from the ruling CPDM. It was created to usher a new direction in Cameroon politics. The founding fathers researched and concluded that a form of social democracy with a total devolution of power would be the model needed for a developing Cameroon. The Bami saw this chance and lent their support, albeit that of a Judas.
The danger of the Bamileke factor has always been there but the SDF in its infancy saw that it was far more dangerous creating a party based on regional than national support. Common sense would tell us that if the SDF decided to to be solely an Anglophone party, it would have been disbanded from the beginning with the accusation that it was a threat to National unity. Subversion would have been the charge spelling a death warrant for the young party! They then opted for the lesser evil - Form a national Party. Then the Bami jumped in believing they might shoot two birds with one stone. But contrary to their expectations the SDF was not just created to win over power. It was created to completely change the direction of Cameroon politics. That is why when the decision was taken to boycott elections as a protest against electoral laws in Cameroon, the Bamileke could not understand that.
The SDF was just formed at the right time and its bloody entry into Cameroon political scene demostrated a will power never seen in Cameroon politics - not even the days of the Marquis. This is exactly what the Cameroonian people were waiting for but the Bamis wanted it more because of something else - complete dominance of the economy directly or indiretly by occupying positions of authority in a new political dispensation. But when the SDF hierachy dominated by hard core and principled founding fathers decided that the party would not endorse the abused political system by participating in elections of any sort, the Bamis could not understand that. In a flash they saw parliamentary salaries, grants, ministerial posts, perks, etc vanish before their very eyes as if it was joke. The question they could not get any answers on was this ''What do these Anglophones mean they would not participate in parliamentary elections or participate in government?''
I am not really sure the SDF had anticipated anything like that.The Bamis threatened to go in factions whether the SDF wanted it or not. After this Bami /threats to enter parliament whether the SDF hierachy wanted it or not, the party was in a fix. Cameroon laws and the way the ruling government applied them would have allowed any faction of any political party to participate in any elections - a situation which will work for the benefit of the ruling party since it would further weaken the already factionalized opposition party. The SDF found itself between a rock and a hard place.. It they stuck to their principle of non participation, there was a risk of breaking the young party into factions. The lesser evil was to bow to the Bami threat and fight to keep the party intact. This is the conflict that was inside the party which could not be voiced out because just like many such betrayals, there was hardly any concrete proof.
By choosing to be a national party and incorporating the Bamis, the SDF was gently reduced to just another francophone type political party that does not have a bite - at least not anymore at the level of a union with East Cameroon.
But I am a seeing a light in the horizon. It will not be long for every Anglophone to realize that the insistence in operating as a national party is not going to work. Personally I would have really prefered that it continues to operate this way only if the Francophone politicians were sincerely interested that the Anglophone people were 50/50 in the make up of the Cameroon nation- complete with their cultural values they came in with to the union.. But since it is getting more and more evident that this will never happen, it is not late for the SDF to redirect its punch to support the Anglophone struggle for autonomy. And I am convinced the SDF packs a good punch which it can deliver anytime in that direction.
FEN
On Tuesday, October 22, 2013 6:15 PM, Divine Rhyme <hittback@yahoo.com> wrote:
Mishe Fon,
Anybody who had ever deceived himself or herself into believing that the Bamis chose to ally with the SDF as a matter of principle must have been crazy. Let me repeat this. The seed of confusion that caused the SDF to be wavering between accepting or refusing to enter the parliament was sown by the Bamilekes. It was not as if the the Bami caucus in the SDF officially held a meeting and took a resolution on anything. No. As a people The detest (and still do) Biya' tribe and government but have never been prepared to risk anything to get rid of it. That is why to this day they have never been bold enough to form and run a real Bami political party. They have the money and the natural support base that can sustain a political party even if at the cost of being accused to be only a regional one. But like the tale in which the mice held a meeting and agreed that the cat should be belled, the Bamis have a problem of who is going to accept to do it. The SDF offered them that way out.
As a matter of principle - something that had never been part of Cameroon politics before, the SDF introduced an uncompromising but new approach in Cameroon politics - CHANGE. They wanted to break away with the old order and approach politics from a more patriotic, socialist democratic and above all realistic perspective. As the American saw the French revolution as the model to do away with autocratic power, so too did the SDF see the former West Cameroon political system as a model fit for Cameroon. The SDF was not just another political organisation formed to seize power from the ruling CPDM. It was created to usher a new direction in Cameroon politics. The founding fathers researched and concluded that a form of social democracy with a total devolution of power would be the model needed for a developing Cameroon. The Bami saw this chance and lent their support, albeit that of a Judas.
The danger of the Bamileke factor has always been there but the SDF in its infancy saw that it was far more dangerous creating a party based on regional than national support. Common sense would tell us that if the SDF decided to to be solely an Anglophone party, it would have been disbanded from the beginning with the accusation that it was a threat to National unity. Subversion would have been the charge spelling a death warrant for the young party! They then opted for the lesser evil - Form a national Party. Then the Bami jumped in believing they might shoot two birds with one stone. But contrary to their expectations the SDF was not just created to win over power. It was created to completely change the direction of Cameroon politics. That is why when the decision was taken to boycott elections as a protest against electoral laws in Cameroon, the Bamileke could not understand that.
The SDF was just formed at the right time and its bloody entry into Cameroon political scene demostrated a will power never seen in Cameroon politics - not even the days of the Marquis. This is exactly what the Cameroonian people were waiting for but the Bamis wanted it more because of something else - complete dominance of the economy directly or indiretly by occupying positions of authority in a new political dispensation. But when the SDF hierachy dominated by hard core and principled founding fathers decided that the party would not endorse the abused political system by participating in elections of any sort, the Bamis could not understand that. In a flash they saw parliamentary salaries, grants, ministerial posts, perks, etc vanish before their very eyes as if it was joke. The question they could not get any answers on was this ''What do these Anglophones mean they would not participate in parliamentary elections or participate in government?''
I am not really sure the SDF had anticipated anything like that.The Bamis threatened to go in factions whether the SDF wanted it or not. After this Bami /threats to enter parliament whether the SDF hierachy wanted it or not, the party was in a fix. Cameroon laws and the way the ruling government applied them would have allowed any faction of any political party to participate in any elections - a situation which will work for the benefit of the ruling party since it would further weaken the already factionalized opposition party. The SDF found itself between a rock and a hard place.. It they stuck to their principle of non participation, there was a risk of breaking the young party into factions. The lesser evil was to bow to the Bami threat and fight to keep the party intact. This is the conflict that was inside the party which could not be voiced out because just like many such betrayals, there was hardly any concrete proof.
By choosing to be a national party and incorporating the Bamis, the SDF was gently reduced to just another francophone type political party that does not have a bite - at least not anymore at the level of a union with East Cameroon.
But I am a seeing a light in the horizon. It will not be long for every Anglophone to realize that the insistence in operating as a national party is not going to work. Personally I would have really prefered that it continues to operate this way only if the Francophone politicians were sincerely interested that the Anglophone people were 50/50 in the make up of the Cameroon nation- complete with their cultural values they came in with to the union.. But since it is getting more and more evident that this will never happen, it is not late for the SDF to redirect its punch to support the Anglophone struggle for autonomy. And I am convinced the SDF packs a good punch which it can deliver anytime in that direction.
FEN
Anybody who had ever deceived himself or herself into believing that the Bamis chose to ally with the SDF as a matter of principle must have been crazy. Let me repeat this. The seed of confusion that caused the SDF to be wavering between accepting or refusing to enter the parliament was sown by the Bamilekes. It was not as if the the Bami caucus in the SDF officially held a meeting and took a resolution on anything. No. As a people The detest (and still do) Biya' tribe and government but have never been prepared to risk anything to get rid of it. That is why to this day they have never been bold enough to form and run a real Bami political party. They have the money and the natural support base that can sustain a political party even if at the cost of being accused to be only a regional one. But like the tale in which the mice held a meeting and agreed that the cat should be belled, the Bamis have a problem of who is going to accept to do it. The SDF offered them that way out.
As a matter of principle - something that had never been part of Cameroon politics before, the SDF introduced an uncompromising but new approach in Cameroon politics - CHANGE. They wanted to break away with the old order and approach politics from a more patriotic, socialist democratic and above all realistic perspective. As the American saw the French revolution as the model to do away with autocratic power, so too did the SDF see the former West Cameroon political system as a model fit for Cameroon. The SDF was not just another political organisation formed to seize power from the ruling CPDM. It was created to usher a new direction in Cameroon politics. The founding fathers researched and concluded that a form of social democracy with a total devolution of power would be the model needed for a developing Cameroon. The Bami saw this chance and lent their support, albeit that of a Judas.
The danger of the Bamileke factor has always been there but the SDF in its infancy saw that it was far more dangerous creating a party based on regional than national support. Common sense would tell us that if the SDF decided to to be solely an Anglophone party, it would have been disbanded from the beginning with the accusation that it was a threat to National unity. Subversion would have been the charge spelling a death warrant for the young party! They then opted for the lesser evil - Form a national Party. Then the Bami jumped in believing they might shoot two birds with one stone. But contrary to their expectations the SDF was not just created to win over power. It was created to completely change the direction of Cameroon politics. That is why when the decision was taken to boycott elections as a protest against electoral laws in Cameroon, the Bamileke could not understand that.
The SDF was just formed at the right time and its bloody entry into Cameroon political scene demostrated a will power never seen in Cameroon politics - not even the days of the Marquis. This is exactly what the Cameroonian people were waiting for but the Bamis wanted it more because of something else - complete dominance of the economy directly or indiretly by occupying positions of authority in a new political dispensation. But when the SDF hierachy dominated by hard core and principled founding fathers decided that the party would not endorse the abused political system by participating in elections of any sort, the Bamis could not understand that. In a flash they saw parliamentary salaries, grants, ministerial posts, perks, etc vanish before their very eyes as if it was joke. The question they could not get any answers on was this ''What do these Anglophones mean they would not participate in parliamentary elections or participate in government?''
I am not really sure the SDF had anticipated anything like that.The Bamis threatened to go in factions whether the SDF wanted it or not. After this Bami /threats to enter parliament whether the SDF hierachy wanted it or not, the party was in a fix. Cameroon laws and the way the ruling government applied them would have allowed any faction of any political party to participate in any elections - a situation which will work for the benefit of the ruling party since it would further weaken the already factionalized opposition party. The SDF found itself between a rock and a hard place.. It they stuck to their principle of non participation, there was a risk of breaking the young party into factions. The lesser evil was to bow to the Bami threat and fight to keep the party intact. This is the conflict that was inside the party which could not be voiced out because just like many such betrayals, there was hardly any concrete proof.
By choosing to be a national party and incorporating the Bamis, the SDF was gently reduced to just another francophone type political party that does not have a bite - at least not anymore at the level of a union with East Cameroon.
But I am a seeing a light in the horizon. It will not be long for every Anglophone to realize that the insistence in operating as a national party is not going to work. Personally I would have really prefered that it continues to operate this way only if the Francophone politicians were sincerely interested that the Anglophone people were 50/50 in the make up of the Cameroon nation- complete with their cultural values they came in with to the union.. But since it is getting more and more evident that this will never happen, it is not late for the SDF to redirect its punch to support the Anglophone struggle for autonomy. And I am convinced the SDF packs a good punch which it can deliver anytime in that direction.
FEN
On Tuesday, October 22, 2013 3:34 AM, Becky Kambeu <maselu702@yahoo.com> wrote:
Mishe Fon:
Quel est ton probleme avec les bamilekes?
What is your real problem? Ca aussi c'est la democratie, mon cher. Voter comme on veut, quand on veut. Adherer au parti politique de son choix et avoir le la conviction et courage de changer de cour quand on se rend compte qu'on perd son temps avec une bande de demagogues.
Tu ecris: "If the Bamis have forgiven their "tortionnaires", my honest opinion is that, we the rest of Cameroonians should simply forget this "Elections façade" and everyone should become a CPDM in a "One Party" dispensation"
Well sir, there is power, there is wisdom in forgiveness. Nous restons les maquizards du Cameroun, meme a tes yeux a te lire sr ce reseau. Le Bamileke comme beaucoup d'autres Camerounais a cru au SDF et c'est tres vite rendu compte que c'etait du brouhaha. Mon Cher Mishe, la politique n'est pas ne affaire de coeur ou de sentiment. There is no time for cry baby.
Princess Becky
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What happened to the so-called "Luv Affair" between the SDF and the Bamilekes? Talk of "fair weather friends". From your analysis, we can say without any iota of contradiction that the SDF is now solidly a Bamendrous party...since the Bamis (who claimed to be the back bone and ATM machine that bank-rolls that Party) have silently "gone back" to the very CPDM/CNU Party that orchestrated the slaughtering of millions (Bamilekes, Bassas and Baminda peepoo) of what the French called "Les Maquizards du Cameroun". The lone SDF seat in the Littoral is attributed to the strong Bamendrous presence in most of Bonaberi and environs. If the Bamis have forgiven their "tortionnaires", my honest opinion is that, we the rest of Cameroonians should simply forget this "Elections façade" and everyone should become a CPDM in a "One Party" dispensation. Whom are we kidding here? Cameroonians are not ready for prime time politicking or we are not mature enough for any kind of democracy to take route. Let us allow tonton Popaul to govern until whenever he can no longer govern. When he becomes completely "cadavere", he can then bring any of his progeny to continue his legacy. I met Frank in New York. The guy is tall, nice and handsome, soft spoken, probably intelligent and looks "Presidentiable". Let tonton bring in "Fiston". Some man na head cow? Eyadema, Bongo, Kabila, the Clintons, the Bush's and many more are families "Destined" to rule. Look at the US Congress or Senate. Most of the members are Sons, Daughters or wives of ex-Senators & Congressmen. Honestly, if Frank Biya is catapulted to that prestigious post, he has my immediate endorsement. Opposition Oui? Quelle opposition? Vous vous fouttez de ma guelle ou quoi. Meme si Frank refuse l,offre, les Camerounais du RDPC et les soit disant opposants de "La Mangeoirite Presidentielle" vont lui prier par des Motions de Soutients venant de toutes les Provinces et la Diaspora (par radio, Internet, Facebook, Twitter...a briguer le Mandat Presidentiel pour continuer le "Bon Travail" entame par tonton le Pere de la Nation". How man go do norh?
Mishe Fon
On Monday, October 21, 2013 7:19 AM, Bamenda Online <donotreply@wordpress.com> wrote:
Abongwa Fozo posted: " The Social Democratic Front, SDF has once more emerged as the strongest opposition party in the country thanks to its firm grip on the Northwest where the party won 13 of the 20 seats in the parliamentary election, leaving the CPDM with 7, down fro"
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