Hope you are reading these reactions and trying to help to advance our national democracy. We must know that while some of these guys are trying to frustrate every effort to advance our democracy, there are also good guys among them who think positively. Some of these guys are simply caught in a web where they are fearful of nothing but fear of the unknown. Let us understand that change can come through one individual even in the pool of those who want to maintain the status quo. All we need is a free, fair, peaceful and transparent election whose outcome is accepted by all Cameroonians. I understand that we as the civil society do not have preference to who gets up there provided he/she understands, protect and advance our national values.
The current panic and frustration is to me understandable when you think of the life some of our statesmen have been living and now risk it to transparency and accountability. I have cautioned many times that we must not always qualify everyone in the same category when people who should protect the law and the civic rights of citizens choose to violate them. We have seen many acting without instructions from above using the state authority for their backing. Such will not continue at least now that we Cameroonians are fully aware of the fact that there are only some few individuals who are manipulating the laws for selfish gains.
Once again I will like that we keep the spirits high but must understand that our national peace and unity is a priority and we must protect and promote it at all cost. We must show love to those who try to provoke us into any type of unlawful actions. Whoever is trying to cover-up in chaos must be assured that peaceful and patriotic resistance to evil and committed moves to uphold our national pride and values is what Cameroonians are interested in now. We must promote dialogue even in situations that some may consider as doom. We are Cameroonians and remain Cameroonians till death. We must understand that we are not always completely right nor are our opponents always completely wrong. This is to remind us that in the most difficult of situations, there is a window of opportunity to resolve it somehow. Let’s keep looking for that window of opportunity by actively engaging all actors (the government, the civil society, the syndicates, ELECAM, the Citizens, our Cameroon Friends and God). We must learn to pick up the stones thrown at us by those who hate us and use it as supportive corner stones of peace and love. Never throw the stone back at the enemy.
Let us keep some of this in our Bamenda agenda tomorrow.
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