The election was announced and 51 candidates filed in their candidatures. Anybody with a sound mind would have not gone to sleep on Monday the 5th without realising that something is seriously wrong with our Cameroon politics. In a country of less than 20 million persons with more than 50% aged 0-20, how realistic can it be that 51 persons want to be president. It may be important to note that political parties do not pay taxes and so the cost of maintaining a party is nothing more than few hours of thinking about when elections will be organised. Elections in the context of Cameroon are a good way to make money. For presidential elections, paying 5 million is what anyone can do knowing that he/she will get far more than this from the state for campaigns. Another source and sweetest of all is when you are ready to wed with any party that has the highest amount to spend for the wedding and that will accept to go along even for a few years. During these few years, the bride can siphon as much from the family income knowing that it was a conditional love. No doubt some of the candidates know first hand that they just want to make a name as “former presidential candidate”. Others want to be called the runner up. Some are simply put in place for a purpose.
If all 51 candidates have the nation’s interest at heart, why is it that they are so blind to see where their ideas croses and so join forces to build the nation. When I took time to go through the list, it down on me that some of the candidates may be known beyond their villages or even family cycles. I combed my city and region to see if I could find regional representation of these parties, sub divisional and divisional bureaus and could not find them. Whom are these If I had the money and the power, the best thing to do would have been exactly what has hapended.
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