Tiko SDF Mobilises To Win July 22 Polls

By Walter Wilson Nana

Party officials and militants of the opposition SDF party in Tiko municipality have taken a commitment to win the up-coming July 22 elections in their constituency.

This was the focus of a rally they held at the esplanade of the Tiko Town Hall recently as part of the on-going campaigns.Campaign Manager SDF Tiko, Barrister Stanislaus Ajong, said they are high-spirited for the up-coming polls.

"We have been waiting for this day for the past five years. We lost the previous elections not through the ballot box but by forfeiture. The SDF list did not come out in the 2002 polls," said Ajong.

He told The Post that they are putting in place a mechanism to combat fraud."We have the majority in Tiko. The biggest problem we have is fraud; rigging from the administration to our opponents. We will build the spirit of our polling agents, empower them financially so that they are not tempted by anybody and counter any rigging machinery that might be put in place," explained Ajong.

According to Ajong, they have touched all the corners of Tiko to let them know that the time has come and we should be one and indivisible in the SDF. "I am certain that if these polls are not rigged, we expect to have more than 70 percent," Ajong declared.
The campaign manager gave some reasons why Tiko SDF should take over the management of the council and the parliamentary seat.

"The period between 1996 and 2002 when SDF was in control of affairs in Tiko is glaring with good results. We are a party with socialist orientation; water, electricity, good roads and more. Those are the values we stand for and we are in a better position to provide those things to the Tiko population that is in dire need for them. We are not pilferers. In the SDF, when you get into the council or become an MP and you falter, you will be sacked. It does not happen to the parties," Ajong argued.

Meanwhile, Daniel Mokondo Ngande, list leader for SDF Council list for the July 22 polls found says they are banking on the legacy they left from 1996 to 2002 "when we managed the council. Since the CPDM forcefully took the council from us, they have not delivered in five years. The population is waiting for us to come back and get the council."

Ngande had this appeal to all Cameroonians as July 22 draws near: "The time has come and the only opportunity to change this country. The power is that pink ballot paper of the SDF. Everybody should go for it that day. Do not put two, just one in the envelope and drop it in the ballot box. You have done your job and the results will speak for themselves.

We pray that on July 23, we should have about 86 to 90 MPs and that will change the course of this country."Meanwhile, George Ndechick Fombah Bell, Chairperson SDF, Tiko, said the 41 wards that make up SDF Tiko have been adequately mobilised for the elections.
He also appeals to SDF militants: "Go to the polling stations early and endeavour that you cast your vote."