Meme CPDM joins call for Biya’s candidature at 2018 Presidential Elections

 Members of the CPDM, YCPDM and WCPDM in Meme Division comprising of Meme 1A, Meme 1 B, Meme 1C, Meme II, Meme III, Sections of the Southwest Region on the occasion of an enlarged session, holding in Kumba on Saturday February 6, 2016 endorsed the candidacy of President Paul Biya for the 2018 Presidential Elections.

Senator Otteh reading declaration of support

Advancing reasons for this move, they mentioned the tarring of the Kumba-Mbonge-Mundemba road, the fall outs Kumba will get from the Limbe Omnisport Stadium, the Decentralisation process in Cameroon and its advantages to local councils, the decreeing of salaries for Mayors and thus improving the livelihood of councils, the successful organisation of the 50^th Anniversary of the Reunification celebrations in Buea, the creation of HTTTC Kumba, tarring of the Kumba-Mamfe road, the appointment of many sons and daughters of the Division to key positions in Government, the consistent blocking of Boko Haram from causing instability in Cameroon and improving upon the financial situation of traditional rulers.

Victor Ngoh Nkelle and Chief JusticeBenjamin Itoe

 They resolved to remain committed to President Paul Biya and respectful to the institutions of the State. They promised to permanently give President Paul Biya their unflinching support in his greater achievement Policy for emergence in 2035. In this proclamation of His Excellency President Paul Biya as their Candidate for the 2018 Presidential Elections, Tabot Lawson Bakia, Mukwelle Isaac, Senator Otteh Andrew Mofa, Mayor Barrister Mossima George, as well as section President for Meme 1B were all signatories to this declaration.

SDO Meme, Tabot Lawson Bakia and a host of others

In a brush with the press during the event, Tabot Lawson Bakia, Section President of Meme 1A said “CPDM in Meme, Kumba 1,2,3, Konye and Mbonge are coming together as one to plebiscite the candidature of the Head of State as candidate for the next Presidential Elections. This decision has been made due to the achievements of the President.”

Eyabi Mokube Kingsley YCPDM Section President Konye, Meme III on his part declared; “what attracted me here today is the clarion call for us to endorse President Paul Biya’s candidature for the Presidential Elections. We the youths cannot be indifferent to it. We as such have to join our forces together as youths of Meme to see that President Paul Biya stands as the CPDM candidate in this upcoming Presidential Pools in 2018.” Quizzed on the sincerity of such a call considering realities on the ground, Eyabi Mokube Kingsley said ‘there are road projects going on which we think will disenclave our environment and we need someone like him who is foresighted.”

In the words of Justice Benjamin Itoe, Board Chairman of the Cameroon Development Corporation CDC,  “Meme Division constitutes a very vital component of this country and the clarion calls for the President to stand cannot be sufficient without a clarion call from Meme. We are making this clarion call because we are entirely very satisfied with the management of affairs by our President. That is why we have designated him today as one of our Generals for the coming battle in 2018. President Paul Biya has a very positive balance sheet for he has brought peace to this country.” Commenting on the need for change in Cameroon, the Chief Justice said “You change when there is need for change. When you are not satisfied, you change. We are a democratic country and President Paul Biya is encouraging a democratic culture in this country. There is the standardization of the Democratic culture so if in a democracy people think that they should change their leaders, they are free to do so but we of our party say that we are not changing our leaders.”

The Government Delegate to the Kumba City Council Victor Ngoh Nkelle said within a very short while, much had been achieved in Meme Division. He further said this was the first decision after the re-organisation of the Basic Organs of the party. “You realise that we had changes in the leadership of some of our sections in Meme Division. We had about a 75% renewal of Basic organs. We had changes in Mbonge, Kumba 1 and in Konye and it is this reorganization that I believe the head of State counted on that will give a new dynamism in the party. We are counting on this new breed to galvanise things forward so as to attain our goals under the leadership of President Paul Biya whose candidature we support here today.”

Senator Otteh said every party’s intention is to gain power and conserve it. “That is the aim of any Political Party. I don’t see any political party that will like to throw political power in the wind. Our Chairman is our candidate in the CPDM naturally for any elections. It’s not a mistake. We are just saying what the party wants is to support the President and remain in power and to steer Cameroon towards safer grounds.”  

This move comes after a similar series of clarion calls that have taken place around the country calling for President Paul Biya to stand as a candidate for the CPDM in the 2018 Presidential elections. Observers have however noted that this call is spearheaded by the elite members of the ruling CPDM party and is not necessarily the political opinion of all members of the party.  

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