9 February Twin Polls:

Kupe Muanenguba Elites Preach Peace, Love as CPDM Victory Is Sure
Elites of the CPDM in Kupe Muanenguba joined ranks with grassroots militants in a grand campaign launch, on Sunday 26 January, in Bangem, saying they cannot go to sleep even as victory for the CPDM is sure on 9 February.
By Ngube Elvis Ewane in Bangem

Minister Elung urged militants to uphold peace, unity, compassion

CPDM elite in Kupe Muanenguba on Sunday 26 January launched divisional campaigns for the 9 February twin municipal/legislative elections with a call for militants to shun fear and turn out massively on voting day, to demonstrate the strength of their party as the sole political force in the division.
    The elites made the call in the series of speeches that were made as they launched campaigns ahead of the 9 February twin elections in Bangem.
    Presiding over the impressively attended launching ceremony, the head of the CPDM divisional campaign commission for Kupe Muanenguba, Prof. Elvis Ngolle Ngolle, called on militants to exercise love, humility, integrity and solidarity during the campaigns.
    “Our campaigns should be characterized by love, humility, human integrity… We should focus on results. The elites should join ranks with the grassroots to ensure a massive victory for the CPDM,” Prof. Ngolle Ngolle commanded, further exhorting militants to come out in their numbers Sunday 9 February and exercise their civic duty by voting to give their party an overwhelming victory.
    Describing the flagbearers for the two parliamentary constituencies and three councils in Kupe Muanenguba as people of vision, Prof. Ngolle Ngolle, who doubles as the Provost of the CPDM Academy and Head of the party’s Permanent Divisional Delegation to K/M, called on militants to give the candidates the needed support.
    Prescribing proximity, door-to-door campaigns, Ngolle Ngolle cautioned militants to be disciplined and go about the campaigns in love and peace.

    “Militants should be guided throughout the campaign exercise by the Kupe Muanenguba spirit which emphasizes love and brotherhood. This spirit should also guide them to come out massively on the day of voting, so that they will not only demonstrate their support for the choices made by the party but also showcase the party as the only political force in the division.”
    Also speaking on the occasion, the Minister, Assistant SG of the Presidency, Elung Paul Che, enjoined CPDM militants to ensure sincere collaboration and give priority to the greater interest of their division.
    Elung emphasized on the need for love, peace and compassion to be the mantra of the CPDM during the campaigns and during and after the elections.
    He prayed militants to shun fear and to turn out massively on voting day.
    The full house of militants present at the launch comprised of administrative, political, business and traditional elite among others.
    Commentators in Bangem said the CPDM campaigns in K/M would just for formality as the party is already sure to win the two parliamentary seats and three councils in the division. This they said is because the CPDM has no challenger or sparring partner in the elections in K/M.
    However, elite of the party in Kupe Muanenguba think differently. They say even if victory for the party is sure, militants still need to prove the party’s hegemony by voting massively to ensure an overwhelming victory for the party.