By Noela EBOB BISONG
Hon. Serge Siméon Noumba and about 660 militants of the the Cameroon Renaissance Movement (Mouvement pour la Renaissance du Cameroun, MRC) are said to have dumped the party to return to their roots, the Social Democratic Front, SDF party. In a letter addressed to the national president of the MRC, Pr. Maurice Kamto, the former MP states that he is leaving the MRC due to various vices he observed during his time there. Hon. Noumba cites political injustice, corruption, arrogance, craftiness and egotism which rock the party. The former MP equally accuses Pr. Maurice Kamto of not having the notion of justice in handling the affairs of the MRC.
The MP’s letter is in reaction to his dismiss from the MRC, reportedly announced by Kamto over the airwaves. “I only learnt from a radio announcement that I am no longer a militant of the MRC”, he says, noting that he learnt of the information at a time he was busy working for party interest.
“Today, I see that this man isn’t sincere in his engagements”, he says in reference to Kamto, citing cases of MRC militants who have been “abandoned” in prison, like the party’s first vice-president, Alain Fogué and others.
“The leader doesn’t have the notion of justice in his head; it’s all about ego and the promotion of corruption in the party. I have seen all of this in the party and it’s the reason why I am leaving”, he says.
Hon. Noumba was secretary of the regional federation of the West region under the MRC after quitting the SDF. “I did not join the MRC by chance, it is Pr. Maurice Kamto who came to me with a delegation of three persons about three times requesting I join the party with my people in 2013”, he details.
The former MP says he and his “people” are returning to the SDF, under whose ranks they did great things in the Mifi Division. “Many people can testify about what we have done in the development of the Mifi”, he states.
The politician was a vibrant SDF militant noted for his media outings and interventions during NEC meetings. In 2011, he declared his candidature to succeed John Fru Ndi at the helm of the SDF, though declining later. He bags a Masters in Political Science obtained in 2004 from the University of Yaounde II, SOA.
The MRC party was established in August 2012 by Maurice Kamto. It won a single seat in the 2013 parliamentary elections. In December 2021, around thirty executives and activists from the MRC were sentenced to prison terms for insurrection and endangering state security. After boycotting the 2020 municipal and legislative elections, the MRC currently has no representation in parliament. Current moves however point to a strong fight by the party in 2025.