By
Bruno Ndonwie Funwie
Opinion leaders in Cameroon are all agreed that the path to peace is only through a National Dialogue.
Most
of them, political leaders and persons of authority state that, making
a diagnoses of the problem and proposing solutions around the same
table is the most credible way of restoring peace.
Christian
Cardinal Tumi, one of the most outspoken on the ongoing crisis says it
is a laudable initiative on the part of the president.
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| Cardinal Christian Tumi |
“Paul Biya has announced the national dialogue, I am happy. We
have always called for a national meeting to solve the problems of the
North West and South West regions.”
To skeptics, the man of God stated,
“Let’s
give dialogue a chance. We must go to this dialogue with intellectual
honesty and no one has the monopoly of seeking the solution to current
crisis. We must all love our country.”
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| Joshua Osih SDF Vice President |
Joshua Osih Vice President of the Social Democratic Front party holds that dialogue is in line with what the SDF party has always proposed.
“It’s
been a couple of years that the SDF has been waiting for a dialogue to
be called by the powers that be. Now that the dialogue has been called,
we are waiting to see what it looks like, see what is on the table and
see what is has to offer. We are ready to give all our good assistance
to make sure that this situation in the North West and South West is
brought back to normal.”
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| Cabral Libii |
Cabral Libii, President of the Cameroon Party for National
Reconciliation reacted positively to President Biya’s announcement of a
Grand National Dialogue without exclusion.
“We are hoping that
the Prime Minister will hint us very soon on the exact date of the
dialogue, we are waiting for the naming of representatives of the actors
who will participate in this debate. At the Cameroon Party for National
Reconciliation, we will give our proposals whether we are invited or
not.”
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| Garga Haman Adji |
The President of the Alliance for Democracy and Development party Garga Haman Adji is equally upbeat.
He
thinks the National Dialogue called by the Head of State will help
reshape the socio-political and economic outlook of the country.
Cameroon’s
political class remains hopeful. Most of its members state that, if the
National Dialogue holds and resolutions well implemented, three years
of untold hardship witnessed in the North West and South West regions of
Cameroon could be something of the past.
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