CPDM Holds Spectacular Rally In B’da

By Nestor Ndjodzefe

CPDM Scribe Jean Kuete welcomed at Santa, Bamenda

Militants, sympathizers and supporters of the CPDM turned out in their numbers at the Bamenda Congress Hall to welcome Jean Nkuete, President of the National Campaign Supervision Commission for candidate Paul Biya.

            They defied threats from pro independence fighters and in song and dance hailed CPDM candidate Paul Biya while promising him their votes come Sunday October 7.

            Jean Nkuete was in Bamenda to give a booster to the CPDM campaigns in the region. Campaigns in the region were launched on September 22, 2018 by the Chair of the Regional Campaign Coordination Commission for the North West, Philemon Yang and since then, the party’s bigwigs have been in the field using all strategies to woo voters.

            At Matazen, gateway into the region,  militants from Mezam IA,  Mezam II and the Mezam Divisional Campaign Coordination Commission,  led by its Head,  Minister Felix Mbayu welcomed the scribe of the party.  The population handed a peace plant to the Secretary General of the Central Committee, a demonstration of their comment to preserving peace in region.

            While addressing the hundreds of militants who had turned out at the Bamenda Congress Hall, Jean Nkuete, congratulated the population for their resilience in the midst of the ongoing crises which he said had been forced on them by the so called “liberators of Anglophones”.

            He mockingly regretted that other candidates have avoided and abandoned the people of the North West in times of difficulties and have preferred only media outings and less tense areas.  Few days to the end of campaign, a candidate of the opposition is yet to visit the region.

            Earlier, the Chair of the Regional Campaign Coordination Commission for the North West, Philemon Yang updated the Secretary General on the efforts of the militants in canvassing for votes for candidate Paul Biya. 

He praised the Central Committee for choosing the door-to-door and mouth-to-ear method of campaign which he said is perfect for the present socio political tension in the region.  He promised a landslide victory for President Paul Biya in the North West come October 7th.

            The Honorary President of the National Bureau of the women’s wing Mrs Chantal Biya who had sent warm greetings to the population of the North West Region, through the SG was offered a gift.  Militants of Mezam IB gave her a painting of her portrait when she was made UNESCO goodwill ambassador.

            Most of the militants regretted that their friend militants could not attend the event because they are in the drag net of the secessionists, a preoccupying situation in the region. They however remain upbeat that candidate Paul Biya will restore peace in the two Anglophone regions.

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"Biya Will Get the Votes"

Shey Jones Yembe, President of the Donga-Matung Campaign Team.

We have been doing great work in the field. We will get votes maybe not as in the past because of the difficult situation in the region. Although Donga Mantung is in peace, there has been an exodus of the population, out of fear.  We appreciate the strategy the Party picked for this election.  Before now we have been empowering party structures and using them for the door-to-door and the mouth-to-ear is working perfectly in our division. We have noticed that the CPDM is the only party camapiging in the region,  the SDF is one of the main parties in the region but they have abandoned the chickend  out in times of difficulty. You have to be with the population at all times and this is what we are always doing especially in these tough times.

“Opposition Candidates are Dreamers"_

Ngala Gerard, Section President Donga Mantung I

The Secretary General has come to assure all of us that there is an upcoming election for which we should exercise our civic rights as militants of the CPDM by making sure that we vote our Candidate President Biya. Some pposition parties who were supporting an illusion yesterday, cannot come to campaign freely today.  You cannot support what can never be and now you are afraid of your own creation. We, of the CPDM have been for peace and stand for peace. We are going about our door to door campaign in readiness to vote our candidate come October 7 and our militants are very much aware.

"We cannot betray our champion"

Uphie Melo Chinje, President, Ngoketunjia Campaign Coordination

We had an evaluation meeting after the visit of the Secretary General to the region. Although the armed separatists have gorged ,  blocked  and cut off some roads,  executives from the division used bikes to reach Bamenda.  It shows their commitment and determination.  Youths were among them. They are enthusiastic to vote for our candidate. We have four polling stations in the division but there are localities far off from these centres. Therefore, we have made arrangements on how we will transport our militants to vote.  Due to the difficult situation, we have not seen any other party in the field campaigning. We took a commitment and cannot betray our champion, President Paul Biya.  We are bent on ensuring the victory of our candidate on October 7th.