By Doh Bertrand Nua
The leader of the Cameroon Renaissance Movement (CRM) party has proposed opening of genuine inclusive dialogue with the facilitation of international partners as way out to resolve the ongoing armed conflict in the North West and South West regions.
Prof. Maurice Kamto made the proposal alongside others 26 October 2020 in a release he issued, condemning the gruesome killing of seven students on the campus on Mother Francisca International Bilingual Academy in Kumba.
Aside the proposal of genuine dialogue, Kamto has urged government and separatist fighters to immediately declare an acceptable ceasefire and establish of an independent international commission of inquiry to shed light on all the crimes committed in the two troubled regions since the start of the Anglophone crisis, starting with the Kumba tragedy.
The leader of the opposition party equally urged the regime to release of all those arrested in connection with the Anglophone crisis, adding that the implementation of aforementioned measures is more urgent.
“…no army can win an asymmetrical civil war without decimating the innocent civilian population, and therefore without committing atrocities that no responsible government can allow,” he said, stating that it is impossible for the government to put a police or gendarme behind every person living in the NW, SW.
“As I have said repeatedly, a war waged by a government against its own people is the most blatant expression of policy failure. It becomes one of the most serious crimes, deeply shocking the human conscience, when it is done while it can be avoided. Now that the warmongers have experienced it and now know not only the high price, but also that it has no way out, I am hopeful that everyone will understand that we must finally give a chance to a genuine dialogue between the children of this country,” he suggested.
He called on Cameroonians, regardless of political or religious persuasions, to together observe a national day of mourning Thursday 29 October 2020 by dressing in black outfits in solidarity with the families of the victims and your call for an immediate end to the fratricidal war.
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