“Celebrations today is a camouflage” – Fru Ndi

BY ATIA TILARIOUS AZOHNWI

The National Chairman of the Social Democratic Front (SDF) party, Ni John Fru Ndi has described the February 20 celebrations to mark the 50^th anniversary of reunification as a camouflage insisting that Anglophones remain marginalised.

“The celebrations today are a camouflage. They did not come out to address the issues of the day. We are celebrating 53 years of unification. The march-past did not show the picture of one person who fought for the unification. It was all Mr. Biya. Was it Mr. Biya’s feast or a feast for unification? And if he did not mention these, it means the occasion of today is a faze and a camouflage”, he said.

“Secondly, so much has been said. People have discussed so much. The problem of Cameroon is constitutional crisis and during the tripartite, Mr. Biya set up a committee to review the constitution which was made up of Benjamin Itoe, Anyangwe, Elad, Munzou and Joseph Owona,” Fru Ndi went on.

As a show of marginalisation, Fru Ndi believes, “Joseph Owona wrote the constitution alone. And the Anglophones proposed a federal constitution which he did not even take note of. He is just trying to cover the boil; he has not incised the boil. We thought that this was an occasion for Mr. Biya to address the issues and review the constitution so that we can look at the federal option, because the constitution of Cameroon has been changed single-handedly. And when this is done, it does not tell me that Anglophones are happy. I’m a national leader and both Anglophones and Francophones bought the federal option. But they took us to decentralisation which means nothing to the people.”

His words: “So, can we now take advantage of this and go back to the drawing board and look at the constitution of our country, review it, and address where the Anglophones are hurt.”

Presidential protocol embarrass Fru Ndi

SDF Chairman Fru Ndi protested the decision of the Presidential Protocol for him to sit in a position he described as obscure during the official celebrations of the 50^th anniversary of reunification on February 20.

Quizzed on why he stood for about 10 minutes without sitting until his sitting position was changed, Fru Ndi said, “But you saw the way I was being dribbled here. I’m I somebody to be dribbled in this country? You see, they tried to address the issues of unification, but they have not address the present day issues and I’m happy Mr. Biya said he gave 250.000 jobs to the youths and he has seen the youth just in Buea here matching. What is his opinion of that? When you don’t industrialise the country and you only come up with shortcut methods to think that you can deceive the people. You can deceive some of the time, but not all the time.