It is being reported by the Cameroon Radio and Television, the ideological arm of the Cameroon government, the Paul Biya and his wife recently returned from a six-day private visit to Europe. It is a very brief report that set me thinking, "what does it mean for a president and his wife to make a private visit?" Did they go shopping in France or Switzerland? When one is the president of a country, does he/she go about taking private visits? And this particular private visit is to Europe, which, as a matter of fact, is not place. There are many places where they could be in Europe but they decide not to say, or the reporter thought it was not important for Cameroonians to know. Not to miss our point, however, can someone please tell me what it means for a president to make a private visit? Or did Paul Biya go to France to take advise from his professors concerning the impending wind of change that is blowing toward his direction? The people of Cameroon need more information.
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I think it's perfectly fine for a President to visit a foreign nation as long as he has a clear stated purpose for visiting there. If It's in his political agenda than it is perfectly fine. An example of this would be the king and queen of England visiting Wimbledon every year. The people of the nation like it and it has become a part of there political agenda even though it is purely for entertainment. If this guy wants to visit Europe It's perfectly fine as long as he isn't neglecting the country he runs by being there.
I am more inclined to ask when the Biyas are stepping down from the Presidency of Cameroon after 28 years of authocracy, than asking where they visited in Europe. It is an open secret among most Cameroonians that "Europe" to the Biyas is France.
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