The political analysts, the real ones, not the Sunday ones on the television sets, are formal, the re-election of Paul Biya is assured.
Since he has declared himself a candidate, nothing can prevent him from winning hands down. A simple formality, a walk of health, the flower at the end of the rifle, the victory will be won also by singing. The only way to stop him was to dissuade him from presenting himself.
The haters may resort to threats, the surly to the intimidations, the diplomats to the exhortations, the religious to the supplications, the conciliatory ones to the promises and the marabouts to the incantations, nothing could convince him to leave.
It needed more to dissuade the Man of November 6, 1986 who will have warned: “Do not last to the power that wants, but lasts to the power that can”. Paul Biya does not last in power because he wants to, but because he can, he feels able to last again and again in power.
A way for him to respond to his detractors who believe it’s a endurance and physics. For him, the exercise of power is much more strategic than physical, so it comes down to technique and tactics.
Skillful tactician and fine technician, Paul Biya knows he still has a lot to bring to Cameroon. Just as he had predicted that Roger Milla at age 38 could still bring to the Indomitable Lions at the 1990 World Cup. A winning move that allowed an African club to reach the quarter-finals for the first time.
It is no coincidence that Paul Biya likes to cite the Indomitable Lions as examples of patriotism, courage, strength and abnegation.
If Milla knew how to play his role of joker of the Indomitable Lions for what would it not do it for the Rdpc? Now that the flames party has released its joker, its machine to win elections is relaunched. A machine whose controls are placed in “autopilot” mode. Comfortably engulfed in a cushioned chair, the base horse of the party close to power is assured to win without wetting the shirt. He is perfectly aware of being the only candidate to have the means to his policy.
Its staff composed of the Armed Forces of its political party, the Rdpc, of the Legion of Mercenaries of the Allied Political Parties, the arsenal of the administrative apparatus, the heavy artillery of the Judiciary and ground-to-ground missiles of the Treasury, are all major assets to win hands down. To speak more prosaically, “The others run in the bag,” Paul Biya wrapped himself in a shell, decked out a frame capable of resisting and repelling all assaults.
The haters may resort to threats, the surly to the intimidations, the diplomats to the exhortations, the religious to the supplications, the conciliatory ones to the promises and the marabouts to the incantations, nothing could convince him to leave.
It needed more to dissuade the Man of November 6, 1986 who will have warned: “Do not last to the power that wants, but lasts to the power that can”. Paul Biya does not last in power because he wants to, but because he can, he feels able to last again and again in power.
A way for him to respond to his detractors who believe it’s a endurance and physics. For him, the exercise of power is much more strategic than physical, so it comes down to technique and tactics.
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| Presidential 2018: This Is Why The Re-Election Of Paul Biya Is Assured |
It is no coincidence that Paul Biya likes to cite the Indomitable Lions as examples of patriotism, courage, strength and abnegation.
If Milla knew how to play his role of joker of the Indomitable Lions for what would it not do it for the Rdpc? Now that the flames party has released its joker, its machine to win elections is relaunched. A machine whose controls are placed in “autopilot” mode. Comfortably engulfed in a cushioned chair, the base horse of the party close to power is assured to win without wetting the shirt. He is perfectly aware of being the only candidate to have the means to his policy.
Its staff composed of the Armed Forces of its political party, the Rdpc, of the Legion of Mercenaries of the Allied Political Parties, the arsenal of the administrative apparatus, the heavy artillery of the Judiciary and ground-to-ground missiles of the Treasury, are all major assets to win hands down. To speak more prosaically, “The others run in the bag,” Paul Biya wrapped himself in a shell, decked out a frame capable of resisting and repelling all assaults.
The wall of the Renewal is so impenetrable that more than one has thrown in the towel: Ni John Fru Ndi tired of the war has preferred to pass the controls to Josuah Oshi who hesitates when it is time to launch an assault. Adamu Ndam Njoya takes refuge behind a “Young” candidacy, Bello Bouba Maïgari prefers to preserve his gari, the soulless Upc but with states of soul comes in spare parts.
All the extras, Biya and the Cameroonian desert, sigh politicians, who seem resigned to the idea that no one can challenge Paul Biya. Cameroon is full of skills and human resources as patriotic as the Prince. He himself would, according to the rumor, put into perspective when he told his daughter that she can run Cameroon. A way of saying that anyone can assume the functions of President of the Republic.
Unless it’s a way of remembering as Papillon, “It’s bloodthirsty” it’s inscribed in the DNA of the presidential family. To see, as some, in the admission to Enam of his offspring a kind of preparation for the succession, is only a view of the mind.
But the experiences of Gabon, Togo and the DRC could be an oil patch. A nice way for Paul Biya to reply to his detractors by paraphrasing Aimé Césaire in Cahier d’un retour au pays natal, “Take care of me, I do not bother about you”.
All the extras, Biya and the Cameroonian desert, sigh politicians, who seem resigned to the idea that no one can challenge Paul Biya. Cameroon is full of skills and human resources as patriotic as the Prince. He himself would, according to the rumor, put into perspective when he told his daughter that she can run Cameroon. A way of saying that anyone can assume the functions of President of the Republic.
Unless it’s a way of remembering as Papillon, “It’s bloodthirsty” it’s inscribed in the DNA of the presidential family. To see, as some, in the admission to Enam of his offspring a kind of preparation for the succession, is only a view of the mind.
But the experiences of Gabon, Togo and the DRC could be an oil patch. A nice way for Paul Biya to reply to his detractors by paraphrasing Aimé Césaire in Cahier d’un retour au pays natal, “Take care of me, I do not bother about you”.
