SDF congress billed for Feb. 2017 – FruNdi
FruNdi also seized the opportunity of the
anniversary celebration to make certain pertinent requests to the government as
well as to deplore some of the ills of the Biya regime that continues to retard
the development of Cameroon.
By EssanEkoninyam on special assignment in
Bamenda
FruNdi |
Cameroon’s leading opposition party, the
Social Democratic Front, SDF, will hold its 9th national congress in February
next year. This decision, made by the National Executive Committee, NEC, of the
party, was made public by party chairman, John FruNdi, on the occasion of the
celebration of the 26th anniversary of the SDF that held in its Ntarikon
headquarters on Thursday 26 May 2016.
Speaking
on the occasion, FruNdi said the party was launching a vast reorganization
process that would culminate in the holding of the said national congress. He
said that decision was a strategic one that came about as a result of the
current sociopolitical climate in the country. Said he:
“After
a detailed review and analysis of the socioeconomic situation in our country,
the National Executive Committee has adopted a vast reorganization programme of
all the structures of the party all over the national territory to prepare for
any eventuality. This reorganization will end before the end of the month of
July so that regional conferences could be held.”
The
chairman added that at the end of this vast and tedious exercise, they would
move straight on to the activities and processes that would lead to the
national congress. Pundits believe that it is in the congress that the
candidate of the party in the 2018 presidential election would be chosen.
Observers are also expecting to see what has been described as the aging NEC
rejuvenated during the congress.
Furthermore,
FruNdi seized the occasion to reiterate his party’s exigencies concerning the
electoral process in Cameroon. He invited the government to put in place a true
independent electoral commission and a consensual electoral code to enable it
to function well. Also, he called for the institution of an integral biometric
system that would cover the period from the time of the registration of voters
to the proclamation of results.
The
chairman also said that his party wished to see the following: an electoral
calendar that is not manipulated and that is known to all and sundry, a
two-round presidential election, a five-year presidential term of office
renewable once, the reduction of the voting age to 18 years, the putting in
place of a constitutional council as provided for by the 1996 constitution, as
well as the application of article 66 of the constitution which stipulates that
those appointed to posts of responsibility should declare their property at the
time of assuming service and when they are leaving office.
Talking
about other worrying issues in the country, FruNdi said: “The social situation
in Cameroon is very preoccupying; the poverty level for the majority of
Cameroonians is unprecedented whereas less than 1% of the population lives in
ostentatious and provocative abundance”
That
was not all. The Ntarikon strongman equally decried the shortage of potable
water in Cameroon, chronic electricity outages, the absence of a good road
network in the country that retards growth and causes fatal road accidents, the
high and frightful rate of employment and underemployment, especially of the
Cameroonian youth, whom he said are a sacrificed generation.
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