NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE TO A VALIANT HEART No. 00061/A/11-09/RDPF-KUMZSE/ADN-2025.
Open Letter to His Excellency President Papa Paul Barthélémy BIYA and to the People of the Cameroonian Nation
Mr. President of the Republic,
Dear compatriots, ladies and gentlemen,
Since your accession to power in November 1982, you have left a lasting mark on the history of Cameroon. For over thirty years, I have stood by your side, driven by the hope of a united, strong, and prosperous Cameroon. It is with sincere love for our country and for you personally that I renew today my call for an act imbued with wisdom and responsibility.
At ninety-two (92) years old—an advanced age—it is undeniable that your health and energy no longer allow you to fully assume the heavy responsibilities inherent to the highest presidential office. This observation, free from any judgment, has weighed heavily on the stability and future of our nation for more than fourteen (14) years. Each day that passes without a clear, peaceful, and concerted transition deepens social fractures, fuels tensions, and threatens the civil peace you have always professed to protect.
Your predecessor, the late President Ahmadou Ahidjo—whose thirty-sixth (36) anniversary of passing we will commemorate on November 30, 2025—knew how to recognize this crucial moment in a leader’s destiny: to pass the torch in order to guarantee peace, continuity, and national cohesion. Today, this act of patriotic grandeur is more necessary than ever.
Cameroon stands at a crossroads. In thirty days, the people will express themselves. The entire nation awaits a strong signal, a clear commitment from you to ensure a peaceful democratic alternation that respects the popular will and brings hope to the youth and future generations. Do you find it acceptable that, instead of initiating a Marshall Plan investment exceeding two hundred and fifty trillion CFA francs, successive loans of nine hundred billion, twelve billion, and more continue daily without a comprehensive vision or strategic coherence for an emerging Cameroon?
His Excellency Bello Bouba Maïgari embodies this legitimate renewal, carrying a modern, visionary, and inclusive project for development and national unity. Calling on RDPC militants and supporters to massively back him on October 12, 2025, would send a historic signal—a message of appeasement and unity that would consolidate social peace and open the way to a new era of shared progress.
Mr. President, continue your commitment by making this historic act of responsibility. Offer your country, our dear and beautiful Cameroon, the chance for a peaceful democratic transition that sanctifies respect for institutions, social justice, and the dignity of every Cameroonian.
It is in a spirit of loyalty, respect, and above all love for Cameroon that I address this appeal to you, convinced that your name will be inscribed in golden letters as that of a man who placed the interest of his homeland above all else. Old age is not a fatality but a divine gift.
May your gesture become a light for our nation and an example of wisdom for generations to come.
With all the respect and fraternity your high office deserves,
Patriotically yours,
NDEMMANU Antoine De Padoue, Ph.D. in Social Economics.
National President of RDPF-KUMZSE.
Former candidate, the youngest at the October 12, 1997 presidential election.
Contact: (+237) 690 922 056 / 670 655 614.
