As 2018 approaches:

K’ba CPDM goes into coma, as SDF musters strong

By Johnson Batuo in Kumba

Despite the putting in place of permanent committees to oversee party activities at the base and the appeal by party hierarchy for love, concord and militantism to reign, the reality on the field in Kumba point to disgust, rancor and bitterness within the ranks of party militants and especially the leadership.

                According to a top CPDM militant of the Meme 1A section of the party, who pleaded for anonymity, the present managers and forerunners of the party led by section president, Lawson Tabota.k.aNjala, are still sleeping and wallowing in an orgy of self-glorification that breeds inaction. The source lamented that the CPDM party in Kumba has virtually gone moribund, and only a miracle and perhaps the usual rigging maneuvers of old can give the party victory in the fast approaching 2018 elections.

                Talking about the militants, the source noted that they are dispersed like sheep without shepherds as nobody knows what’s on the agenda. Militants, the source maintained, have lost hope and are already thinking of political alternatives to bury their political lives because they believe their political future with the CPDM is bleak.

                More frustrating, the source argued that the political future of Kumba will still be determined by the opposition SDF because unlike their counterparts of the CPDM they are mobilizing their militants on a daily basis and correcting their past errors with regular meetings and the setting-up of dialogue structures within their ranks to pre-empt any embarrassments.

                Reviewing the election results statistics of 2013 which gave the CPDM only 5 councillors in the Kumba I council, our source regretted the ugly performance of the Prince EkaleMukete regime of the party but said that though the old order which was plagued with envy and witch-hunting has been booted out, the new regime in place still appears to be dreaming, as they have since lost contact with the electorate. The impact of the party on the lives of the people and the local population is minimal and passes unnoticed.

                “The terrain is practically unfavourable for the ruling CPDM party as the opposition is doing everything to stay in control after the 2018 elections,” observed the source.