A recent report about the activities of the United States Ambassador to Cameroon depicts him saying that Cameroonians have the power to hold their leaders accountable. That is probably correct, except for the fact that the leaders have the military to defend them against the people while the people have no defender. Ambassador Robert Jackson's claim that Cameroonians can hold their leaders accountable through elections fails to notice, or perhaps turned a blind eye, to the fact that in Cameroon elections do not amount to much. The elections are run by the Biya government and that government regularly doctors these elections to get the results it wishes. The eminent ambassador knows this. The ambassador also failed to read Cameroon correctly by suggesting that Biya is focusing on limiting corruption. The ambassador should perhaps be aware that what passes for fight against corruption in Cameroon is a charade, a political ploy for Biya to get at his enemies. If the ambassador were to read Cameroon correctly, he would have said that limiting corruption in Cameroon has to begin with the removal of Biya. Paul Biya is himself the cancer of corruption that is devastating the country. For the fight against corruption to make any headway in Cameroon, Biya himself has to go. Suggesting that there is a modicum of sincerity about Biya's fight against corruption is to profoundly misread what is going on in the country. Perhaps the ambassador knows all this but just chose to lie for the U.S. as good ambassadors do.
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The United States Ambassador to Cameroon read Cameroon properly and was right to say Cameroonians have the power to hold their leaders accountable through elections. This is because if they participate massively at elections, they can choose their leader. The electoral process in Cameroon is credible and Cameroonians can effectively make use of it to bring about the changes they want. There is no point about the defence forces belonging to Cameroonian leaders, they are out to help the whole nation and not specific people individuals.
Your opinion, does not reflect reality, elections are there to punish or to choose the best leader or the person whose wish Cameroon. That is why we are asked to go we put massive voter so that the choice to us.
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