Solution to Anglophone problem:

SW ‘living forces’ want 1996 constitution implemented

Senator Peter MafanyMusonge

CPDM barons of the South West Region have told the Head of State Paul Biya to accelerate the process of the putting in place of all the institutions in the 1996 constitution some of which are yet to see the light of day until now.

                The made the call in a statement issued on Thursday 19 January 2017, after a meeting in Yaounde. The meeting that brought together CPDM senators, national assembly members and government ministers was chaired by former PM, Senator Peter MafanyMusonge.

                It should be recalled that several very important institutions enshrined in the 18 January 1996 constitution such as the Constitutional Council, the Regional Councils, the Court of Impeachment, and the declaration of assets by public office holders, have not been put in place almost 21 years after the constitution came into being. It is believed that if these institutions are put in place it will go a long way in fostering unity and dousing the frustrations of Anglophones.

                Holding under under the canopy of the ‘living forces’ of the SW, (whatever that means), and not under the banner of the SW elite association SWELA, the SW CPDM loyalists at the end of their meeting resolved amongst other things to “condemn vehemently all acts of violence, destruction, intimidation, and threats meted out by negative forces on the peace-loving and hospitable people of the South West Region particularly the innocent school children.”

                “The civil and political rights of citizens to strike should in no way endanger the fundamental economic and social rights, especially the right to education,” they emphasized, appealing to the Head of State and his government to do everything possible to ensure the security and safety of parents, teachers and school children and also reaffirming their “unflinching support to the Head of State and his government to continue his constitutional approach to putting a stop to the negative forces in order for peace, law and order to reign in the country.”

                Also appealling to President Biya to “expedite action” on the setting up of the national entity to consolidate national unity and living together, the SW living forces invited “all residents of the South West, their origins notwithstanding, to respect the traditions and legitimate aspirations of the South West people with regard to the unity and indivisibility of the state, peace, respect for the institutions of the republic and the right to education of the children, as well as to ensure peaceful cohabitation in the region.”