By Sah Terence Animbom.
The head of the North West Regional Permanent Delegation of the CPDM Central committee His Excellency Philemon Yang has concluded a six days working visit to the region, meeting with CPDM militants in all the seven divisions of the North West Region.
According to an unsigned press release supposedly issued by the committee, the Prime Minister’s visit had three main objectives which are one; to continue with the process of dialogue put in place by the head of state His Excellency Paul Biya, two; to call on all militants of the CPDM and all patriotic Cameroonians to be active participants in the fight against terrorism and other criminal activities, and three; to prepare the militants of the CPDM and all patriotic Cameroonians for the celebration of the National Day on May 20th 2018.
Meeting with CPDM big wigs of the permanent regional and divisional delegations as well as CPDM elected and appointed officials, section and sub section executive members of CPDM, WCPDM, and YCPDM, administrative authorities and traditional rulers, the PM had a chance to listen to the people air their worries freely.
People condemned in very strong terms the acts of vandalism and violence carried out by the military on innocent civilians in the region. They complained about the houses and property burned by the military that is supposed to protect them and ended by joining voices with the PM to condemn violence carried out against military personnel by Ambazonian activists, the killings on both sides, the kidnaps, arrests, ghost towns school boycotts to name but these.
In the divisions, the PM was appreciated for his frequent visits since the start of the Anglophone crisis. The CPDM militants saw these visits as a commitment on the side of the PM to look for solutions to the crisis. They ended each meeting with a motion of support to the head of state Paul Biya referring to him as their natural candidate.