« Despite the CPDM’s manifest desire to make the National Army a partisan instrument to terrorize the opposition which refuses to plot with it against the people so that it can retain power forever, the Cameroonian Army has remained republican.
Those who brazenly call on this Army to renounce its republican oath by sinking into dishonor in the murky world of the coup d’état are undoubtedly unaware that it is not a collection of troopers and thugs, but of an Institution led by a well-trained elite, with in-depth knowledge of the country and its human resources “. The rant is Maurice Kamto.
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The national president of Movement for the Renaissance of Cameroon (MRC) made a statement live on Facebook this night of September 8, 2023. In reaction to a verbal excess from a Rdpc executive on the set of Right of Reply on Equinoxe TV on September 3: “ Could there be a situation where the day after a presidential election for example 2025 or even 2032 the Cameroonian army decides to take power? », had asked Duval Fangwa, in connection with the coup in Gabon, which saw the army cancel the latest electoral process to take power. ” But of course this hypothesis can happen. And that could happen in the event that the MRC wins the elections. Indeed, in this hypothesis, I very clearly see the army taking power to prevent… » had then replied Patrick Rifoé. Relaunched by another panelist on the hypothesis that it is rather the UPC which wins this election, the representative of the ruling Party responded as follows: “ Allow me, I spoke about the MRC and not the UPC. So if it were impossible for the MRC to win the elections, I expect the army to strongly oppose it. », reiterated the Rdpc executive. A rhetoric echoed the following days by RdPC communicators on social networks.
Stigma
Or « none of the authors of these declarations, individuals dangerous to the Republic, have suffered the slightest condemnation or disapproval, much less sanctions from the Rdpc, nor from the government », Regrets the leader of the MRC. ” It is therefore logical that the MRC considers this unpatriotic and anti-republican call to be that of the Rdpc, a political party whose national president, Mr. Paul Biya, is also the current President of the Republic. », he concludes.
As a result, Maurice Kamto concludes that his party has been stigmatized, whose activists, from senior executives to simple members, have been persecuted and imprisoned for five years. In a context marked by the manu militari arrest of MRC activists in full renewal of the basic organs of their party, the man even sees Yaoundé in a purge operation now: “ It is difficult not to make a connection between her torture followed by her cold execution and the police and judicial relentlessness to which her husband, Mr. Pascal Zamboué and other comrades of our party are subjected by those in power.», Mentions Maurice Kamto. Referring to the assassination of the wife of this senior MrC executive on the night of September 6 to 7, 2023.
Supreme sacrifice
The Rdpc executive who is behind the exit of Maurice Kamto, supports his opinion by the fact that “ Cameroonian soldiers [sont] ridiculed, including by the president of the MRC ”, and then, the latter could not “ agree to have this gentleman as commander-in-chief “. The law teacher defends himself: “ Less than two years after its creation, the MRC demonstrated its loyalty, esteem and support to the National Army by organizing blood donations across the country for the benefit of this Army engaged in the fight against the terrorist sect Boko Haram », he recalls. Also, ” more individually,… I had the rare privilege of working with members of the high command of this Army for more than 17 years on issues relating to the defense of our country’s borders. This shows that the Cameroonian Security and Defense Forces know me personally, particularly in my patriotic commitment and my immense respect for their sacrifice and their professionalism.», underlines the lawyer who defended the interests of Cameroon in the border crisis of Don’t miss it. For Maurice Kamto, “aCalling on the National Army to undermine the Institutions and security of the State is extremely serious and unprecedented in our political history. This is a crime against peace and national harmony. Nothing can justify such perdition».
His communication had become rare for several months. But the man who put an end to the “White Marches” since his release from prison in October 2020-2021, believed he had to draw the attention of national and international opinion to an outcome that he has feared for some time. The man who had already in 2019 been the first to perceive signals of a monarchical succession according to the mutual agreement model at the head of Cameroon, refuses to back down in the face of the repression of the Yaoundé regime: “Cameroon is our only homeland. So, those who sow terror must put up with our existence in this painful land of our ancestors or kill us all to the last one. », he promises a human sacrifice in the name of this homeland which he does not intend to cede to the “holders of the land title of Cameroon”. The struggle, the radical phase of which began in 2018, has certainly resumed.
