The Emptiness Of The SDF

By Prince & PA Hamilton Ayuk

When the SDF was founded it was the hope of Cameroonians that it was quickly nicknamed Suffer Don Finish (Our suffering is over). It wasn’t the first time that multipartism was coming to Cameroon but it was the first time since the Unitary State was formed in 1972. To many, it was an end to their suffering as the singsong of every child: including Francophones that the word SDF was in every household and the effigy of John Fru Ndi on every wall no matter the tribe or language.

The SDF won the hearts of Cameroonians that their national chairman: Ni John Fru Ndi almost won the presidency. But as nature or perhaps we should say the hand of God could have it, the tides turned and the incumbent: President Paul Biya was maintained by the courts.

Thenceforth the SDF has been a shadow of itself. Upon all the things it is accusing the Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement-CPDM (party in power), it has done same. Ni John Fru Ndi: its national president has been in power for 19 years. How on earth in a democratic party would a chairman be in power for 19 years as if everyone was dead? The party is now just a regional party made mostly of North Westerners. They succeeded in weeding out non North Westerners and even North Westerners who were progressive and did not have the herd’s mentality. Today you have a party running on empty rhetoric of Suffer Don Finish. The name should not be Suffer Don Finish; it should be Suffer Don Fall because with the SDF, people will suffer more.

As one looks at the councils where the SDF is in power, they are an eyesore. In the South West, North West or Littoral, those councils have not made any progress. Their main argument has been that the government delegates have prevented them from accomplishing their projects. Before they campaigned for the mayoral seats they knew that the government delegates were government appointees. Doesn’t the Bible say if you know that you will not finish your house you should not start to build? You should make sure you know that you will complete it. Isn’t it like marrying a woman with erectile dysfunction only to depend on your enemy for Viagra? When he does not give you, you complain that you do not have children because he did not give you Viagra. You should have known that you do not have the skill to look for another means to have kids.

The SDF due to its lost of ideas has now resorted to criminal acts. Consequently, the chairman and his myrmidons are in court for murder. Violence is the weapon of weak communicators. Their language is now weak and does not more resonate with the common Cameroonian. As such, violence is now their motto.

Therefore, I will advise the SDF to close its doors, fold its chairs and join the SCNC or CPDM and at least have a cause to fight for. Not every fire melts gold and so not every party will ascend to the presidency. As a result, the SDF must realize that the game is up; it is now useless and running on empty.

Until then, barking dogs admire caravans; let them bark now.

Prince & PA Hamilton Ayuk

Comments

[Facter]

What is the nature of your own political advocacy?

[cariton]

thanks very much Mr Prince and PA Hamilton Ayuk,its takes only those that can think ,see,and have the country at heart to see and analyse situations like this ,many have seen,few have the courage to talk and only few have the will to accept the realiity. Many are still following the so call SDF because of the tribal lines or because the relationships with those in power. Its actually the right time for us the cameroonians to reason and look for a better way or strategy to solve our long time problems rather than still depending on those who want to fill their pockets with our bloods. We need to say no to that.

[Mr. Man]

This graduate from Bambui and I think pastor, you are really better off keeping these thoughts in your head. Very shallow indeed!

[Emmanuel Langsi Che]

I think youe started off well by pointing some of the weaknesses of the SDF but you fumbled in by giving a very wronga advise which I don´t buy. SDF is a Renowned Party. I perfactly see with you the it deviated from its goals and is more or less like the CPDM. The best thing they should do is to restructure the party, Put up new objective and make it more democratic. Afterall, there is now good government without a very string oposition. The CPDM need a ver Godd Opoosition, we Cameroonians need a very Good opoosition party to check the acts of the ruling party be it SDF. CPDM, UNDP OR what ever. So My ADVICE IS THAT SDF SHOULD PRESCIND NI JOHN FRU NDI, get a younger, educated charismatic leader, with clear ideas to put back the SDF TO IT TRACT.

The time is up for you. Mr. Chairman.

[Mbog Boy]

I absolutely agree with the author of the above article. If the national chairman of SDF was reading the papers and listening to the people around him, it should have been very clear to him by now that the party can be better off without him. It is not possible to convince Cameroonians that he is less interested in himself than Mr.Biya. He does not have Cameroonians at heart. 19 yrs as the leader of the party does not make him different from Paul Biya who has been president of Cameroon for 27 years. These 19 years would have been seen differently if the party was improving. A look at the past elections in which the party has participated, only convinces us that future elections will make it even more unpopular should the current leadership be maintained. Can the SDF answer this question? Why is it that every election in which it participates makes it more unpopular?
They may argue that the government is always rigging elections in new ways. With this I can understand that the government is innovative in the way it rigs elections. However, I will also ask why they are not innovative enough to stop the rigging.
My advice to the party is that they should look at their past performances and learn from them otherwise the party will eventually end up having only one member or at most one family and that is the family of NJFN.

[klemenceau]

Mr. Prince, is the SDF the only political party in Cameroon? You wrote and went off the track man. Rethink what you really wanted to say. Where are those progressive people you claim were weeded out of the SDF? Why can't they put together their progressive ideas and continue from were the SDF has derailed?
Shalom

Klemenceau

[moloko]

Honestly speaking, the SDF is very similar to the RDPC, the only diference being that the RDPC heads the chaos in the country while the SDF heads the bunch of cowards whose main objective is to take advantage of the chaos and fill their pockets before the populations realises the messy economic and socio-political situation the SDF has succeeded to maintain for a further 19 years since 1990.

[Mifep]

The SDF should return to the original goal for which the party was founded and stop chasing the flesh pots of La Republique. The Southern Cameroonian who initiated the advent of multipartyism in Cameroon and suffered enormously for it just where is he today in the power equation in Cameroon? The Franco politicians have seized the occasion to build their nests of power sharing for themselves and their regions. Was the Southern Cameroonian meant to be a martyr for the political ideologies (Unification) of neighbours? Mifep

[Atanga]

If you can not join the fight don't fool people who are still ready to fight on.I wonder where you got your analysis or when you became a political analyst.Because your words are too shalow to revamp a political situation.You should be one of those Pa who failed this generation by staying quiet and not doing anything no mater how small to help the people.Today you have the guts to write rubbish accusing a man that has put his head on the block for you and your family if at all you have one.Well it may also please me to say that Fru Ndi is not guilty of any murder case and still remains a suspect untill proven guilty by a compitent court of law.Why do you fail to ask why B.Muna is still moving on freely.I believe he is one of those progresive people you are talking about.Yes he formed his party just to be called Chairman but where is he and his party today,the little money "C" gave him to destroy the SDF is finished and he is quiet now.
While I also wish that you read my comment I also call on you to brave up your progresive friends to change the tide by bringing in hope to our people.

[EN]

....the fullness of theCPDM. I hope you get your full share of the CPDM cake-you petit players!

[Ngomba]

It is rather unfortunate that some of you have deliberatly refused to open yor eyes.What has happened to the ghost town victims who lost their hands to grenades in Bamenda?Arent they paupers in streets while your so called Chairman and acolytes cruise pass these martyrs caring less of their plight.Isnt it true that an SDF lawmaker was caught in Paris trafficking marijuana?Where are we?Who is fooling Who?
Courage brother,and do not stumble

[William Ngwa]

This should be one of the best articles i have read in a while. People open your eyes. 19 years wow.

[Bob Bristol]

The style of the article doesn't meet the standard. Besides, what we now are proposals and solutions. The present failure of the SDF is obvious.

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