Kamto Launches Campaign Amid Troops Deployment

Maurice Kamto defied DO’s ban and launched his campaigns in Bonaberi Douala

The presidential campaigns of the MRC candidate, Maurice Kamto, kicked off at the esplanade of the Lycee Polyvalent Bonaberi in the Douala 4 municipality, a different venue from the one mentioned on the official program.

            The rally took place despite a ban by the Douala 4 DO, who sent security forces to stop all activities in the area.

  “Cameroon is supposed to be a democratic country. I don’t know why we have to launch campaigns under military surveillance,” wondered an MRC official, as he cursed the police and gendarmes that were deployed on the site.

            Things turned sour later, when an anti-riot vehicle arrived at the scene and created commotion and uncertainty.

            But the arrival of Professor Maurice Kamto reassured the huge crowds that had gathered. It marked the start of the rally proper.

            The campaign speech of the MRC flag-bearer was replete with concrete solutions to the Anglophone crisis. Kanto also promised an increase of the minimum wage of workers from 37.000frs to 55.000frs, access to portable water and electricity and better healthcare facilities.

            He said if elected into office, his first action will be to solve the Anglophone crisis. He announced he will go down to Buea and Bamenda to meet his Anglophone brothers and sisters and wipe their tears.

            “I will go there to meet my people. I will go there because I miss them; I love them. They are all Cameroonians. I will go there to wipe their tears,” Kamto said amid resounding shouts and chants from the huge, enthusiastic crowds.