Cameroon-Anglophone Crisis : Political and Civil Actors Seek Second National Dialogue
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- 12 Aug 2022
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It emerged that on August 4th 2022, a meeting took place at the auditorium of the Prime Minister’s office,and chaired by Chief Dr.Jospeph Dion Ngute ;as participants made strong suggestions for the holding of another dialogue to end the crisis in the North West and South West region.
The Guardian post newspaper reports that many voices pushing for another national dialogue as a solution to way out of the crisis queued behind civil society actors. When discussions became heated,lasting for three hours, participants,among them regime barons and key civil society actors,hammered on the urgent need to organize another dialogue to end the blood shed in the anglophone regions.
Chairing the follow-up committee meeting, the Prime Minister and head of Government Chief Dr. Joseph Dion Ngute in his address said that despite the progress, there are still some pockets of resistance posed by the separatist fighters and a number of yet to be for filled promises from the 2019 ND.
Decentralization and the special status to the North West and South West regions
Members said one of the strong recommendations of the Major National Dialogue was the granting of a Special Status to the North West and South West regions. Their linguistic, legal, socio-cultural, and educational specificity tabled a need for them to be treated differently from the other 8 regions. The public independent conciliators of these 2 regions have been appointed and are currently carrying out their duties. The House of Chiefs which is a particular identity to the people of the North West and South West was put in place during the regional council elections. All these measures were taken to answer the grievances raised by the population of these regions and accommodate them in a country that is one and indivisible.
Civil society actors who participated in last week’s meeting also said to have corroborated state personalities,who said frankly that there is need for a truce, an air of pardon and reconciliation to rejuvenate the North West and South West regions. Read More...
