Meme
politicians lick their wounds as Biya forgets them again
By Doh
Bertrand Nua in Kumba
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| Justice Benjy Itoe was the last Meme Minister since 1992 |
Militants of
the Cameroon Peoples Democratic Movement, CPDM party in Meme Division have
expressed anger and disappointment over the March 2 cabinet shakeup by
President Paul Biya who doubles as their party chairman. The militants who
spoke to The Median noted that the Head of State once again ignored Meme
Division that has gone for 26 years, since 1992, without a minister in
government.
They said they were waiting for
President Biya to save them the insults from the opposition SDF that misses no
opportunity to ridicule them of supporting a party that has abandoned them and
gives them nothing in return.
According to scores of angry CPDM
militants in Meme who came complaining to The Median, the non-appointment of a
Meme indigene as a Minister in the last cabinet shake up makes it almost three
decades that the division has been without a Minister in government. They noted
that the last Meme son to be minister was Benjamin Itoe who left the government
some 26 years ago, 1992.
“It is as if we of the CPDM in Meme
Division have been completely forgotten by the Head of State. For the past two
and a half decades, no son of Meme Division has been given a position in the
government,” said an irate CPDM militant, Pius Eseme Akwo, who noted that some
divisions in the South West like Manyu, Fako and Kupe Muanenguba have at times
two ministers in the same government, but Meme is left without even a secretary
of state.
“What have we done wrong to
president Biya to deserve this kind of shabby and disgraceful treatment?”
Esseme wondered aloud, noting that this abandonment by yaounde will only push
more militants into the waiting embrace of the opposition SDF.
“Very soon we will be going to the
field to celebrate the CPDM anniversary on March 24 and we will certainly have
no justifications to give militants on why we have been left in the cold for
this long,” lamented a section president who begged to stay anonymous.
Political
Infighting blamed
As news spread like bush fire that
another cabinet shakeup has been announced with no Meme son appointed, many
wasted no time to blame the situation on the greed, witch-hunting, back-stabbing,
infighting, gossip, petition writing etc that has marred politics in Meme
Division over the years. Political watchers said until Meme political leaders
shed their dirty coats, shun their self-seeking schemes, and start looking
beyond their egos, nothing good will ever come to the Division from Yaoundé.
Commentators wondered aloud why the
Mukete and Mutanga camps cannot unite and work together for the general
interest of Meme?
SDF
Domination blamed
Others simply attributed Meme’s
political woes to the SDF domination in the division. They noted that the SDF
presently controls all three councils in Kumba and the lone parliamentary seat
for metropolitan Kumba. The SDF also gave the CPDM a run for its money and
power in Mbonge and Konye in the 2013 elections.
Recall that in 2007 SDF also
defeated the CPDM in the Legislative re-run in Kumba Urban.
Political pundits contend that with this SDF
domination, Meme CPDM should expect nothing good enough from President Biya.
And the present Anglophone crisis does not predict good
tidings for the CPDM in Meme.
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