Enoh Meyomesse,''Paul Biya gave reason to the young rioters''
Chief Cameroonian state has decided the upward adjustment of salaries of public service. A decision that comes just days after violent riots that have shaken the country. Approached by camer.be, Enoh Meyomesse reacts to this upgrading. According to the announced candidates to succeed Paul Biya, this decision is a double-edged sword since it surprised the main decision maker.
Enoh Meyomesse, what is your reaction after the announcement of the increase in salaries of government in your country?
Before giving our position relative to the wage increase last night, it is important to note a fact. It is indeed thanks to these 1671 young men who are in prison that this rise in wages took place. In other words, without their bold action, there would have been nothing. So it is important that they pay tribute. Even better, the president, through this decision, entangled in a monumental contradiction. On the one hand, he calls these young people "criminals", of "playing God", if not of thugs and thrown, unceremoniously, in prison, on the other hand, he realizes that, despite everything, they were absolutely right.
You mean that young protesters pushed Paul Biya to react?
In fact, the heroes de février, actuellement en prison, ont bousculé le président de la République. La hausse des salaires était un joker qu’il gardait dans sa poche pour le sortir à la veille de l’ouverture de la campagne présidentielle, afin de se faire aimer par les Camerounais. Mais, voilà que des « apprentis sorciers » sont venus perturber ses plans. Il s’est donc trouvé obligé d’abattre cette carte.
Le chef de l’Etat camerounais est donc désormais sans ‘’argument’’ pour 2011 ?
A présent, il (Paul Biya ndlr) va se mettre à chercher une autre carte en remplacement, for the presidential election of 2011. As for the increase, strictly speaking, simply return to the presidential palace exorbitant budget, 48 billion CFA francs, to understand that he did nothing extraordinary. It was just a few small private billion lying around in his accounts ...
Paul Biya was he forced to raise the salaries of public officials in your opinion?
He (Paul Biya Ed.) recognizes explicitly that life had become expensive in Cameroon and that these young people were manipulated by anyone. Otherwise, he would not make such wage increases. That's not all! CPDM militants have flooded the airwaves of CRTV motions of support for President of the Republic, for throwing these young people in prison. In Mfoundi, the remarks were, quite simply, xenophobic, and could be summarized as "Bamileke and Hausa, will break somewhere else."
Who are the authors of these statements and how should it host the presidential gesture?
The authors of these extravagances? Clutches of the regime, and at the same time, senior executives in public service. But now, thanks aux Bamiléké et aux Haoussa priés d’aller casser ailleurs, ils se retrouvent avec des salaires en hausse. Ils devraient, pour être conséquent avec eux-mêmes, refuser, purement et simplement de bénéficier de cette hausse, car ils ont combattu les auteurs de celle-ci. Simple bon sens. Tous les militants du Rdpc devraient en faire autant. Ils ont combattu les auteurs de la hausse de salaires, ils devraient donc la refuser. A présent qu’ils vont, de nouveau, inonder les ondes de Radio Cameroun de motions de soutien au président de la République pour avoir pris cette décision, ils devraient aussi lui demander de procéder à une amnistie, pure et simple, des 1671 jeunes gens actuellement incarcérés, that for 2 years, for ... 15! Rising wages and their release must go together. Otherwise, it's cheating, dishonesty, and nothing else.
© Camer.be: Interview by Hermann Oswald G'nowa
Released 09-03-2008 0:20:32
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