Separatists must not separate Cameroon, other options exist – Ni John Fru Ndi
Interviewed on Sunday, May 22, 2022, by State media’s English flagship program, Cameroon calling, the National Chairman of the Social Democratic Front party, SDF, Ni John FRU NDI said he is satisfied with the party’s participation in the May 20 celebrations marking the 50th national Unity Day.
“Now we have to march, we have been marching, we are in the institutions, Nintcheu is in parliament and goes to sit there to debate. You participate and let your problems be known like you saw the SDF people in Yaoundé, they carried their hands on their heads. They are crying the people, when you carry your hands on your head it, what is it, it’s a sign that you are suffering there are people dying. Look at Mrs. Mundi…I want to congratulate all those that marched because the message covering the whole country is that SDF matched to participate in the country’s institutions”
The participation of the SDF has added more weight to the struggle to democratize the country
On the prevailing socio-economic hardship, Fru Ndi says that the government should make sure that they ameliorate the situation.
“We call on the government to make sure that the average Cameroonian can manage living not when those in the top are living their lives and the poor are suffering. We are calling on the forces that be to look unto the suffering of Cameroonians at this stage that the crisis in the North West and South West are on, and the crisis in the Far North, is on. The crisis in the North West, until now farmers cannot go to their farms and in the South West they cannot go to their plantations.”
On the armed conflict in the Anglophone regions, the SDF Chairman said he was devastated by the situation but called on advocates of separation to consider other options.
“See what is bordering me now is the one-track mind that we have, you want secession, you cannot have secession, telling me that you want to secede is like the African American that we have now…It is not a matter of fighting that they have to go back to Africa…They had to improve on their positions where they were…My problem with the present situation is that we Cameroonians do not know ourselves… We can look at ourselves and try to understand who we are …We are looking at each other as strangers- look at Southern Sudan, they seceded and started fighting among themselves…That is why I believe in dialogue, if an opportunity comes for you take and when another comes take it.”
