Abety Says Constitutional Amendment Is Not Priority

By Chris Mbunwe

The Board Chairman of the Cameroon General Certificate of Education, GCE, Dr. Peter Alange Abety who is also CPDM Section President of Tubah-Mezam V, has said grassroots militants are poor and hungry.

As such, constitutional change to them is an illusion not a priority.Speaking during a heavily attended CPDM meeting grouping all the villages of Tubah Subdivision on March 15, at the ENS Bambili hall, Dr. Abety said nobody with an empty stomach can discuss constitutional change.

"The matter of constitutional amendment should be reserved for the political elite in parliament. If they don't want parliament to do it, we call people from various fields of work; experienced journalists, lawyers, medical doctors, priests, other professionals who are well educated to examine the constitution," said Abety.

Launching the "Poverty Alleviation Fund" with FCFA 1 million for Tubah, CPDM, Abety said the real aspirations of grassroots militants is how they can graduate from poverty and misery not constitutional change.

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"If we politicians do not address the immediate and real aspirations of the people, we will become irrelevant. If you gather thousands of militants as you find them here, most of whom are from the villages and we start talking about change of constitution, article 6.2, 6.4; really in their minds we are out of topic, because this is not something which they comprehend nor is it anything which is really preoccupying them.

What preoccupies the masses of Cameroonians who are poor, and if you must address their real aspirations, you must first get them out of poverty n because a poor person cannot talk democracy," Abety continued.

He said close to FCFA 5 million that was raised at the launch would only benefit the poor who are interested in small scale business or livestock and agricultural activities by granting interest-free loans from FCFA 20,000 to FCFA 200,000.

"Any politician who is preaching constitutional amendment to militants in the rural area p or saying Fru Ndi has gone left or right or vandals have done this to that person, is out of topic," said Abety.

Given the fact that this is planting period, Abety said in three months those who must have benefited and made good use of the loans would be celebrating bounty harvests and "our next task will be to search for markets out of here for your produce."

He said the CPDM in Tubah would work extremely hard on this project so that in three, four years before the next presidential elections, rural exodus and vandalism must have been greatly curbed.

Talking on constitutional change, Jaji Manu, Adviser at the Presidency, said the opposition is afraid of President of Biya who is CPDM "natural" candidate for 2011.To him, it is easier and less expensive for the constitutional amendment to sail through parliament not a referendum.

The Regional Director of IRAD Bambui, Dr. Christopher Wanzie, who said he is not a politician, advised CPDM militants to exploit all technical services offered by his institution.He said IRAD is open to all political parties and has good quality seeds.

Comments

[Delors]

Dr. Abety let me ask you this: do you believe that those fools who rigged the elections and went to the Assembly to get loan and allowances for their businesses represent the cameroonian people. I am talking of parliamentarians from your party the cpdm with a hyper majority. When we talk of the constitution you dare mention the assembly, what a hell are you talking about. I'm even surprised you went a little bit across party lines by saying the constitution is not a priority. Are you ok ??. ALL THAT GOES UP MUST COME DOWN. Look at your own province. You are contented being the president of the fire party in Tubah. Dr. Abety and a student for few months in Harvard University in the US, how long will it take you to know that the problem of Cameroon is the cmeroon people's rally (CPDM). With all the profs, doctors that you have in your fire party, where does the word movement comes from if RDPC was rightly translated into English. You people have sold your linguistic, cultural and intellectual rights. I'm sorry you taught me in school. Shame

[red flag]

The correct question to pose to the hypocrite doctor is.IF HE HIS OS BRITISH SOUTHERN CAMEROONS EXTRACT, AND NOW HEADS THAT COUNTRY EXAMING BOARD, WHEN WILL CITIZENS OF BRITISH SOUTHERN CAMEROONS HAVE FULL CONTROL OVER THEIR EDUCATION, JUST AS THE FRENCH CAMEROUN CITIZENS HAVE CONTROL OVER THEIRS?

[Emah]

Reading between the lines the speech by Dr Aberty, one will think he is for Cameroonians, but the fact is he is a 'cunny spider'. Fellow Cameroonians take a look at it again.

Is not because the masses are poor that things that concern them shouldn't matter. After all, who are those representing the masses?, a bunch of cheats, wizards, despots, and corrupt individuals. Can you entrust your will and minds in the hands of such people?

What calibres of parliamentarains do we have a Cameroon today and in recent memory? a group of people who 2/3 of them were never truely voted for, a group of people who don't even understand the geopolitics of their very region talk less of the whole country, a group of people who are told to carry up their hands to vote when they don't even know what they are voting for! majority of whom are stacked illiterates! Is these the kind of people Dr Aberty is asking Cameroonians to rely on? He is not a serious man but playing the politics that keeps him in GCE board.

A group of glutonsand corrupt individuals CANNOT be allowed to to shape the future of the majority.

Here another fool (Jaji Manu), "Biya is the Natural candidate in 2011", does this not justify the reason for the constitutional change so call elites of CPDMare looking for? It takes only a fool to listen to people like Aberty and his cronnies.

[Ma Mary]

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[FIDELE]

Hi Jagi Manu, i must say that i reprimand your senseless words, and i feel very dissappointed as one of your biology students. you are a disgrace to the bororo community in cameroon. just because you were hand-picked from the classroom to the presidency doesnot give you the audacity to make such outrageous claims. you forget that you are just an ordinary diploma holder. if cameroon was just, you would not have had the status to support this murderer in etoudi to run for another term. your empire will soon crumble and you will head back to the hills to take care of cows and horses(i.e your natural companions). They say you are an adviser at the presidency; who are you advising?, goats, sheep, cows or what?. i do not think that any reasonable person can yield to your advice. Shame! shame! shame!

[Saint Isa]

Here are Cameroonians who have sold their consciences and think of nothing but themselves. My daer country men, sorry to remind you that time is catching up with you. No place to hide, not even constitution amendment. It is time you pay for all your misdeeds and very dearly. The Cameroonians are tired of your mimicry, wolves in sheep clothing. Devilish ministers and advisers, Shame!

[Saint Isa]

Here are Cameroonians who have sold their consciences and think of nothing but themselves. My dear country men, sorry to remind you that time is catching up with you. No place to hide, not even constitution amendment. It is time you pay for all your misdeeds and very dearly. The Cameroonians are tired of your mimicry, wolves in sheep clothing. Devilish ministers and advisers, Shame!