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Anglophone problem: Fru Ndi demands reconvening of dialogue with form of state on agenda.

2020-06-08

No: 501

Anglophone problem: Fru Ndi demands reconvening of dialogue with form of state on agenda.

John Fru Ndi, Chairman of the SDF, has called on president Paul Biya to convene another dialogue, this time with form of state on the agenda, if he really wants to resolve the Anglophone problem that has degenerated into a war.

In his message on the occasion of the 30^th anniversary of the party, Fru Ndi denied that the SDF was dead and buried, promising that“we will come back when people think we should be forgotten; and no matter how far down we may be, we are never too far down to come back”. Following is the message in its entirety:

26th May 2020 – Anniversary Message by National Chairman

Dear Members and sympathisers of the Social Democratic Front, Fellow Cameroonians,

It has been 30 whole years since we came together bonded by purpose to set our beloved country on a different path. It has been 30 years since we took a firm decision to leave the perceived comforts of the side?line, nonparticipation and implied complicity with the wrongs of our society, to raise our voices for change and a call for action. It is now 30 years since we started our fight for the very spirit and soul of the country, for the institution of a state of law, for social justice, for equal opportunities and of total restitution of power to the people. Looking back over these years, I want to start by thanking God Almighty, for preserving us to this day. For all that He has done for us through this time; for the amazing highs and very testing lows, and finally, for all the lessons we have learned along the way. All these were to prepare us for the responsibility that has been thrusted on our movement. As it is famously said, to whom much is given, much is expected.

Dear Members and sympathisers, Fellow Cameroonians,

Let us take a trip down memory lane. This same day, 30 years ago, we began our struggle for democracy. During the launching speech, we said and I re?quote “…the essence of our democracy is about local people controlling their day?to?day affairs…Because where the people are not free to go about their daily chores without undue molestation, they cannot exhibit their skills and talents... we must build a true democracy where the people decide what is good for them…dictatorship produces the following results in the words of Argentina's great blind writer Jorge Luis Borges: "…oppression, servility, cruelty and more abominable is the

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Anglophone problem: Fru Ndi demands reconvening of dialogue with form of state on agenda.