BISHOPS ON ANGLOPHONE CRISIS
BISHOPS ON ANGLOPHONE CRISIS
Bishops Request For Fresh Dialogue To End The So-Called Anglophone Crisis. It is six years now and counting that Southern Cameroonians are decrying the marginalisation they are suffering from the hands of the colonial La Republique du Cameroun. In 2016 that Southern Cameroonians presented facts of marginalisation under two institutions: lawyers and teachers, the colonial government of Paul Biya opted for suppression to push the lawyers and teachers back home. In January 2017, the peaceful demonstration muffed into an armed conflict after the colonial President Paul declared war on the people of Southern Cameroons.
Since then, human rights groups have been mounting pressure on the Yaounde regime to go in for a genuine dialogue to resolve what they would rather call the Anglophone Crisis. They have created Hashtags to end the Anglophone crisis to sell a false agenda,to narrow down the problem into a language problem. Tarh Paddy King, believes there's no Anglophone Crisis in the Cameroons and therefore you can not end what doesn't exist. In November 2019, the colonial regime of Paul Biya under pressure, convened the so-called major national dialogue that many political analysts qualified as a monologue. The fact that since 2019 after the so-called major national dialogue was held, the war in Southern Cameroons is not yet abated, is a proof that it was a non event. The International communities and some human rights groups have been calling for the Yaounde regime to convene a genuine and inclusive dialogue, and the colonial regime of La Republique du Cameroun is still adamant to.
This time around, they are the Bishops who are calling on the Yaounde regime to organise a more inclusive dialogue to end the war in Southern Cameroons. Why is the colonial regime of Paul Biya hesitant to organise a more inclusive dialogue? The Bishops of the Bamenda Provincial Episcopal Conference (BAPEC) in their 37th ordinary meeting in Buea, have repeatedly called for fresh dialogue to end the Anglophone Crisis. What do they call fresh dialogue? That's a critical question. We thought there's the Swiss-Led Mediation which is paramount and genuine to Ambazonia. Why avoid this path? It only indicates unseriousness on the side of the initiators. This call came as the Bishops were meeting to reflect on the pastoral and challenges that have affected the Ecclesiastical province of Bamenda. The BAPEC is made up of the dioceses of Bamenda, Buea, Jumbo, Mamfe and Kumba.
Coming from the Bishops, representatives of sacred institutions, will the colonial ruler Paul Biya come out of his rigid military option? Let's wait and see.
