Fellow
Cameroonians,
On
this first day of the year, the Cameroon People’s Party wishes you an engaging
and powerful 2019.
This
is the year to step into, to embrace and to exercise our power as a people. We
must do so individually, we must do so collectively, we must do so as a nation
to define and design a different future for ourselves.
2018
was both devastating and galvanizing for our country.
We
were devasted:
✔ To know for sure,
what many had already drawn attention to. Members of our army, in our name were
committing atrocities in the Extreme North even as they fought Boko
Haram. The cold-blooded murders carried out in Achigachiya and Zelevet
including that of women and their children, recorded live on video, remain
etched on our national conscience.
✔ To discover the
degree of atrocities committed in the North West and South West regions, by our
army, in our name. Villages burnt, random killings, hundreds of arrests
and a permanent state of intimidation of the population. Atrocities so numerous
and at such scale that our minds struggle to comprehend and our hearts remain
shattered in a thousand different ways.
✔ To realize that
those who were pushed to take up arms, due to the Biya Regime’s violent
responses to their non-violent demands for Anglophone rights; have themselves
become oppressors. Kidnapping, extortion, summary executions have also
become their modus operandi. The population attacked on both sides by two
forces whose declared missions are to protect it.
✔ To understand that
our electoral system has been entirely hijacked by the Biya Regime and that it
is not an instrument for democracy, but rather one that ensures the reign of
the ruling party and its oppression over Cameroonians.
✔ To become cognizant
of the depth and degree of thievery and corruption which our collective
resources as a people are subject to, even in the face of international stakes
such as the organization of the African Cup of Nations.
✔ To realize that with
regard to all of the above from crimes of theft to those of murder, there is
total and complete impunity for the perpetrators. Only we, the people, pay the
price.
Indeed,
Cameroonians were devastated in 2018.
However,
we were also galvanized.
Galvanized
as groups stood up to demand justice for the internally displaced, the refugees
and the general population of the North West and South West.
Galvanized
by those who dared to stand up, speak out and take action to demand change for
our country.
Galvanized as crowds came out to demonstrate
clearly during the presidential election that what Cameroonians want is change,
change and unquestionably change. Our future must go in a completely different
direction from our past.
Galvanized
as we mobilized together across the country and across the globe to demand
freedom for those arrested in the election aftermath. We caught a
glimpse, a hint, of the power that is ours.
Fellow
Cameroonians,
We
are faced with extremely urgent challenges for our country.
Putting
an end to the violence in the North West and South West, but also the Extreme
North, North, Adamawa and Eastern regions of our country.
Beginning
the dialogue to redefine our identity as a country and ensure that every single
Cameroonian has equal rights and equal access to the resources of our
nation.
Building
a vision for the future of our country which ensures, justice, peace and access
to opportunities for every Cameroonian and in every corner of Cameroon.
Beginning
the reform of our institutions so that we can put an end to the hemorrhaging of
our resources and institute the rules and regulations that will enable us as a
nation to select leaders that implement our vision of society and are
accountable to us for their actions.
With
every passing twenty-four hours during which these fundamental challenges are
not addressed, Cameroonians die. Cameroonians continue to be deprived of their
physical freedom as they sit in jail for crimes they did not commit.
Cameroonians lose their livelihoods, their homes and their dignity.
With
every passing twenty-four hours during which these fundamental challenges are
not addressed, we slip deeper into a civil war that will be difficult to
reverse. We lose more and more of our dignity and humanity as a people.
We stand increasingly in danger of losing our country entirely.
On
this 1st of January 2019, certain truths are evident.
1⃣
These challenges cannot be addressed by the Biya Regime and we cannot address
them as long as the regime is in power. We must bring its reign to an
end.
2⃣
We are the ones we are waiting for. No one else has the responsibility or the
capacity to change the course of our future as a nation. It is up to us.
3⃣
The longer we wait and hesitate to commit and take action, the more complex and
difficult the challenges become. We are on a countdown. Winning it means
taking action now.
At
the Cameroon People’s Party, we have committed ourselves as a party and we have
joined others in the platform of Stand Up For Cameroon to doing everything
within our power to bring an end to the Biya Regime and to initiate Political
Transition for our country. We commit to do so using strategies and tactics of
non-violence.
Our
message to you on this first day of 2019 is step into your power and join
us.
Step
into your power and take a personal commitment to do what you need to do daily,
weekly, monthly and until we achieve our goals together.
Step
into your power and face the fear of speaking and acting openly against
oppression and for Political Transition. We either act or we will perish.
We have buried thousands as we hesitate. For our life and theirs, let us
act.
Step
into your power and join others. Join Stand Up For Cameroon and/or join the
CPP. It is individual commitment and collective action that will move our
country forward.
Step
into your power and act without violence and without hesitation. The
power is in non-violence, as it is the future we wish to build.
Our
message to you on this January 1, 2019 is step into your power and act. NOW!
Kah
Walla
National
President
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