Most of you reader may have little familiarity with Cameroon's politics, President Paul Biya ( on the right) recently announced on February 27th that there will be Senatorial Elections this coming April 14th, 2013.
On his facebook page, Dr Chris wrote; If the regime already has its list of 100 Senators, it should name them now and save us all the unnecessary expenditure from state coffers and further embarrassment before other Africans and the rest of the world........
If this is done transparently in accordance with Article 14 and 20 of the country's constitution, it will clearly be a historical starting point for a better democratic system in Cameroon. Dr Fomunyoh evidently believes there are legitimate reasons to question the representative mandate of the councilors that will cast ballots on April 14. The fact that regional councils have not yet been created in addition, the current local councilors are serving on bonus time as their fixed five year term mandates expired last year; means there is no governance system and as such a channel for effective objectivity of the ruling system is of no existence.
Dr Fomunyoh in this interview did not forget to acknowledge the youths of Cameroon, who have been "doomed' for many years, by their country's inability to effect proper democracy. He said the followings:"Article 14 of the Cameroon constitution adopted in 1996 states that, Cameroon shall have a bi-cameral legislature or parliament made up of the National Assembly and the Senate. Article 20 stipulates further that, second body or upper chamber will have 100 Senators, 10 from each region of the country, seven of whom would be elected and three others appointed by the Head of State. The same constitution and subsequent laws stipulate that the seven Senators shall be elected by indirect balloting through regional electoral colleges constituted of local councilors and regional councilors. These instruments also lay out that regional councilors derive from divisional councilors are designated to represent administrative divisions (or prefectures) in their respective regional councils." Reiterated by Dr Christopher Fomunyoh in his recent interview with Innocent Chia; a Citizen Journalist.
"My piece of advice to the Cameroonian youths is 'do not despair'! Leaders come and go, but countries leave on. So, the opportunity will come for our country to bounce back and regain its rightful place among the community of truly democratic nations. The clock turns in only one direction and, despite the challenges of the moment, that one direction keeps me hopeful for our youth and optimistic for the future of our resource-rich country. So, working with the youth, we must keep expanding and strengthening the networks of like-minded, committed and patriotic Cameroonians, so that once the opportunity arises and the stars align themselves, the youth will rise up and make their voices heard loud and clear, once and for all."Please read the full interview Here
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Source: The chia Report by Innocent Chia
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