Leocadia Bongben
17 March 2008
The Chairman of the Cameroon Democratic Union, UDC party, Adamou Ndam Njoya, has warned against looking for scapegoats in the recent violent strike.
Speaking during a press conference that held in Yaounde at the UDC party house, on March 14, Ndam NJoya said following the violent of the transporters' strike, the most important thing now is to assess how the country reached that level of crisis and explore ways of avoiding a recurrence.
Ndam Njoya argued that both the ruling party and the opposition are responsible for the crisis as they did not play their respective roles in the creation of suitable conditions for the population as well as mobilising it for development.
He said his party's share in the crisis was its inability to analyse the source of the problems and not being strong enough to bring everybody to dialogue. The UDC Chairman called on the parliament to address the issue far from polemics and avoid tribal tendencies.
He argued that from measures taken by government, there is a clear indication that there are political problems resulting from prohibited demonstrations. He enumerated the problem of article 6.2 of the constitution, the high cost of living, violence following the transporters' strike, with the opposition accused, stating that peace and harmony depend on the solutions to these problems.
The CDU Chairman said the real problem is that of human values and ethics that constitute the core of citizens' and institutions' activities.Concerning the revision of the constitution, which certain CPDM militants are clamouring for, Ndam Njoya said the UDC is for the revision if the principal actor is disinterested and would take the commitment not to run in 2011.
On his choice of persons he proposed to run Elections Cameroon, ELECAM, he said what is important is the functioning and autonomy of the body. More importantly is where it would get funding and whether it would win the confidence of the people.
The UDC, he said, would in the days ahead propose a bill at the assembly on the family code as Cameroon does not have one. Another proposed bill is on the modification of the 1996 constitution in the preamble.
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