NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE TO A VALIANT HEART No. 00054/03-09/RDPF-KUMZSE/ADN-2025.
WHY THIS CHOICE OF THE CAMEROONIAN PEOPLE, NOT AN OSTENTATIOUS CHOICE, BUT A CHOICE OF DIVINE GIFT:
*PRESIDENT BELLO BOUBA MAÏGARI, THE PROVIDENTIAL MAN, THE MAN OF THE NEW RENEWAL, THE PEACEFUL DEMOCRATIC ALTERNATION.*
Ladies and Gentlemen, honorable authorities, dear compatriots,
I address you, the pillars of Cameroon: Presidents of the Senate and National Assembly, political leaders, candidates for the October 12, 2025 presidential election, civil society, and every citizen holding an electoral card.
Our country, rich in history and traditions, is at a crucial turning point. For over forty years, it has suffered delays, broken promises, and missed opportunities. Our wonderful resources, such as the gold at Betara Oya valued at over 130 trillion CFA francs, remain underexploited. Public debt, exceeding 14 trillion CFA francs, seriously threatens our economic sovereignty and urgently calls for a Cameroonian Marshall Plan (PMC).
I speak to you with faith: all power comes from God. In 1982, in an act of great wisdom, the late President Ahidjo peacefully handed over power to President Paul Biya and Prime Minister Bello Bouba Maïgari. This transition embodied a respectful balance of our traditions, a Fô & Kuete model symbolizing the necessary complementarity in exercising power.
The UNDP, a party that has already been the majority in the National Assembly, and its leader, President Bello Bouba Maïgari, are symbols of attentive, loyal, and persevering commitment for over forty years. By participating in this electoral process, he answers the prophetic call of the President of the Republic to make executive power the sovereign will of the Cameroonian people.
However, this system has reached its limits: the people feel, day by day, the growing weight of governance that struggles to meet our challenges. Signs, numbers, and tradition tell us that the time has come for a consensual and peaceful change, suited to our unique democracy where modern authorities and traditional chiefs coexist.
To you, intellectuals and citizens of all horizons, I launch this call: this change is not a brutal rupture but a renewed social pact, a useful vote to free our people, bring hearts closer, and build the future. As Nelson Mandela reminded us: “Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.”
We have a historic opportunity to build a Cameroon where youth will have access to employment, education will be strengthened, and our wealth will benefit all. This future is built on discipline, transparency, brotherhood, and love for the country.
I leave you with the wise words of Mongo Beti: “True change is not the distant horizon, it is the step we take today.”
Let us walk united, with wisdom and hope, toward this New Renewal.
Fraternally,
Dr. NDEMMANU Antoine De Padoue, Ph.D. in Social Economy
National President of RDPF-KUMZSE
Former Candidate in the October 12, 1997 Presidential Election
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