Njong Donatedthe president of the Organizing Committee of the 10th Ordinary Congress of Social democratic front (SDF) blows hot and cold at the Palais des sports in Yaoundé. The man in whom Ni John Fru Ndi had placed his trust to organize the Congress leading to the choice of his successor at the head of the balance party, began hostilities on the first day of work, before visibly losing confidence conventioneers. Between outbursts and discussions, there was this weapon taken out by one of the bodyguards of Joshua Osih, the outgoing first vice-president and interim president of the party. “ In the disagreements, there are big guns apparently coming for the needs of the cause of one of the candidates. The others did not agree that big guns should be recruited for the work while the party has its guard which is recognized by all. There was an altercation and the bodyguard believed that the Honorable Joshua was being threatened and pulled out his gun, but did not fire it», says a witness to the scene. According to consistent sources, these big guys constitute David’s personal guard Jester Shewacandidate for the presidency of the party.
Afterwards, calm will return.
Launched around 2 p.m., electoral operations were suspended around 4:30 p.m., for more than two hours. The parties no longer agree. If all the actors gave their agreement to the texts governing the electoral process, once in the bath, voices were raised to challenge the order of things. Firstly the electoral body, the figures of which have not been officially communicated and whose size seems to be unknown to all the candidates. Also, some require voters to use their badges, while others require National Identity Cards. Hence the suspension of work. Time to tune in.
Which candidates will consult each other, then tour the polling stations, to interact with the managers of these offices. When the round is completed, David Jester Shewa will raise his right thumb, greeted by cheers. “ Everything is ok now. We needed to clarify the rules of the game. People had bought cards for 500F and we wrote their names on them to vote. You could have been seated in your place, then you discover that someone has already voted in your place“, he explained. Incidentally accusing the Democratic Rally of the Cameroonian People (RDPC), the ruling party, of pulling strings in the shadows in this mess. Work can resume.
