Anglophone struggle:

Ambassador Fossung breaks the silence, rough-tackles Munzu

-Advises Anglophones not to go into any dialogue with Yaounde for, they have gained grounds

Ambassador Fossung

You may not have heard much from retired Ambassador Fossung since the escalation of this phase of the struggle for Southern Cameroons restoration. That notwithstanding, he remains the consistent conservative statesman and patriot that he’s always been when it comes to the Southern Cameroons struggle.

                Following the recent pronouncements by Dr. Simon Munzu to the effect that Anglophones should prepare for eventual dialogue with Yaounde, the USA-based Cameroon Journal sought to know from Ambassador Fossung what his opinion was on the subject.

                It should be recalled that Fossung was one of the pioneer Southern Cameroons leaders who led the first Southern Cameroons delegation to the UN in 1995 before later becoming the leader of the SCNC.

                Fossung does not only dismiss Munzu’s assertions, he also speculates that Munzu was long compromised by the Biya’s regime at the time he was seeking for a UN job.

                Reacting to Munzu’s suggestion for a national dialogue, Fossung warns passionately that Southern Cameroons leaders should stay away from any form of dialogue, cautioning that if they don’t, the many gains already attained may just be sacrificed. He doesn’t believe in any form of federation.

                “We cannot have our interest and well-being protected by a country we do not have a union jack with.” Fossung said, continuing that; “They have frustrated any meaningful Constitution in Cameroon because they want to treat us only as slaves, and anybody talking about dialogue with La Republique is wasting his time. That’s why I said that a slave master cannot allow the slave go free unless something happens,” said Fossung.

                In the interview, Fossung delves into history, albeit regretting how Equatorial Guinea wanted to become part of a united Cameroon but withdrew after they witnessed the way Anglophones were being treated by LRC.

                “Malabo, next to us wanted to join us. They were to go to a referendum to join us at the time we were to join LRC. Their President came visiting us to explore possibilities of joining. But they saw the way the Southern Cameroons was being treated and they went back and said never, – that they were not joining Cameroon.” Fossung said.

                In a rather emotional tone, Fossung asks rhetorically: “what is the need of sending children to school when they cannot come out to be useful in the society?”

                He says he is strongly in support of the schools shut down campaign and is appealing to all Southern Cameroonians to unite and to maintain the schools closed until the complete restoration of the Southern Cameroons.