Press Release and Christmas Message from SCAPO to the People of the Southern Cameroons

December 2, 2009

My dear brothers and sisters,

On behalf of the Southern Cameroons Peoples Organization (SCAPO), it is my pleasure to send you the seasonal greetings of Christmas 2009 and to wish you a Happy New Year in 2010.  This year 2009 has been a very eventful year for the people of the former UN Trust Territory of Southern Cameroons because I can finally report to you that our struggle for the self-determination of the Southern Cameroons has achieved a very significant milestone at the African Commission for Human and Peoples Rights.

You will all recall that in 2002, SCAPO and a group of other Southern Cameroonians filed a lawsuit at the Abuja Federal High Court against the Attorney General and the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.  In this lawsuit we prayed the court to compel the Attorney General and the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to honor its treaty obligations under African Charter for Human and Peoples Rights by taking the case of the self-determination of the Southern Cameroons to the United Nations, to the International Court of Justice and to the African Union and to ensure diligent prosecution of the case until a final determination is made by all these international bodies.  This lawsuit was based on Article 20(3) of the African Charter for Human and Peoples Rights which states that “All peoples shall have the right to the assistance of the States parties to the present Charter in their liberation struggle against foreign domination, be it political, economic or cultural.”

After a careful review of various UN resolutions pertaining to the Southern Cameroons, dating from 1959-1961 and following the presentation of arguments on both sides by some of the most renowned legal luminaries in the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Federal High Court ruled that there were indeed many areas of doubt as to the exact relationship between the former British Southern Cameroons and French Cameroun which required the urgent attention of all these international bodies.   Most important amongst the issues which required clarification under international law was whether or not the union which was envisaged under UN General Assembly Resolution 1608 (XV) was indeed implemented.  The court felt that the competent bodies which could clarify these uncertainties were the United Nations, the African Union and the International Court of Justice.

The Court ruled that the Attorney General and the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria should honor its treaty obligations under Article 20(3) of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights by taking up the matter of the self-determination of the Southern Cameroons to the aforementioned bodies for a final determination of the legal status of the Southern Cameroons.  Unfortunately, the Attorney General and the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria regrettably decided to ignore the ruling of their own Federal High Court.

However, undeterred by this flagrant disregard for the rule of law by the Nigerian government, SCAPO and a group of Southern Cameroonians decided to file an official complaint  (Communication N0 266/2003) to the African Commission for Human and Peoples Rights.  The complaint was filed against the government of La République du Cameroun for its prolonged and sustained campaign of abuse of the human rights of Southern Cameroonians and the Peoples rights of the Southern Cameroons as a whole.

The complaint was also based on the African Charter for Human and Peoples Rights which was signed and ratified by the government of La République du Cameroun. As such the government of La République du Cameroun is bound by the provisions of this international treaty.

The complaint was supported by a detailed and photographic catalogue of the arrests, detentions, imprisonment without trial, torture, rape, extrajudicial killings, in short, the campaign of state-sponsored terrorism which the people of the Southern Cameroons have been subjected since October 1, 1961 in flagrant violation of the provisions of the African Charter.  The Complaint demanded that the ACHPR should rule that the government of La République du Cameroun has violated the human rights of the people of the Southern Cameroons and had infringed on the right of self-determination of the Southern Cameroons by forcibly occupying the territory since 1961, without the backing of any internationally recognized legal instrument.

In essence we wanted the ACHPR and the AU to recognize that the military occupation of the Southern Cameroons by La République du Cameroun since 1961 is without any legal basis and therefore must be considered as an act of colonization and attempted annexation which gives our people the right to resist in accordance with Article 20(2) of the Charter which states that: “Colonized or oppressed peoples shall have the right to free themselves from the bonds of domination by resorting to any means recognized by the international community”.

At first, the government of La République du Cameroun did not take the case very seriously.  But when its representatives failed to convince the ACHPR to dismiss the complaint on the basis of preliminary objections, the government of La République du Cameroun realized that the ACHPR was an AU body which must be taken very seriously on matters concerning African human rights.

After several years of hearings, the ACHPR finally made a ruling in regard to Communication No 266/2003 in 2009.  Although the Commission did not see eye-to-eye with us on some issues, we are entirely satisfied with the Commission’s ruling which recognizes that the Southern Cameroonians are a people recognized by international law because they have all the cultural, historical, territorial and political attributes to be considered as a distinct people.

This ruling has far-reaching consequences because it implies that the Southern Cameroonian people are automatically entitled to all the other rights which are built into Article 20 (1-2) of the African Charter, which include the inalienable and unquestionable right to self-determination. We consider that the ACHPR has handed a victory to our struggle for self-determination because the ACHPR is an organ of the African Union.  Therefore there is no turning back.

We appeal to all Southern Cameroonians to disregard and discountenance the attempt by the spokesman of the government of La République du Cameroun to characterize us as “secessionists”.  This is a pejorative, misleading and inflammatory label which is intended for its own domestic audience in order to deviate attention from the fact that our struggle is based on legal issues whose legitimacy has been upheld by the African Commission, an organ of the African Union. The ruling of ACHPR has placed the issue of the self-determination of the Southern Cameroons squarely before the African Union and the international community and the matter must now be dealt with at that level.

As regards the invitation of the ACHPR to host discussions between the Southern Cameroons and La République du Cameroun on constitutional issues, we would like to appeal to all Southern Cameroonians to be patient until we finalize our position on this question. Once our position is finalized for transmission to the ACHPR, we shall appropriately notify the people of the Southern Cameroons .

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Long Live the People of the Southern Cameroons .

Dr. Kevin Ngwang Gumne

Chairman

SCAPO

www.SouthernCameroonsIG.org

Hi All!

Thank you, Mbenju Mafany .                                                                                                                                                               Thank you all for the prompt reply to my query about the rally in Buea. By rushing in troops to disband a peaceful rally, this shows the world the rogue regime we are dealing with. We have won our case. LRC should execute the recommendations of the ACHPR. Our freedom fighters should sensitize our citizenry on the impact of this victory on our relations with LRC and on the next step we are taking and especially where to send contributions.

If we decide to form a political party, this party must be represented in all the different regions of Cameroon. It would be like in Nigeria where you have to prove that your party is widely accepted in the country. And besides we would have been the 229^th party in Cameroon. When the elections come you will have to crawl on your knees to beg Biya to join his coalition to get financing. This is divide and conquer, Biya’s brand of democracy. He will asphyxiate and starve you to extort your acceptance. You will not freely get it. What are your chances of winning other than joining the chorus of praise singers?  You are witnesses to the rigging of elections in Cameroon.

With the rampant obscurantism aimed at withholding information from the public and characterized by deliberate vagueness or obliqueness, they want to control what you say, which crowd to address, and where to go and oversee what the media say and publish about you. Your campaign aides can be arrested and detained and their boxes of flyers with your campaign slogans confiscated. Is this the free and fair election when ELECAM has been appointed by Biya to confirm his continuous reign?

LRC contends that the Northwest and west regions of Cameroon are grassfields people while the Southwest and Littoral are Sawa people if this is the only argument to annex us, then the AU should use the same argument to have Congo Kinshasa annex Congo Brazzaville or Nigeria annex Benin etc.. It was because of this that the AU wants boundaries at independence respected. And since we were not part of LRC at independence, you draw the conclusion for me.

All said and done, for African unity to work, the African states must ward off the strangle hold of their colonial masters, otherwise we continue to reel under slavery as usual. How do we call ourselves independent states when we have more than once democratically elected our head of state and France has vetoed the choice because he cannot speak French. How independent are we when France gets 75% of our GDP every year?

We demand expeditious execution of the verdict. We have won our case clean and clear. The respondent must concede defeat and pay reparations as ordered by the verdict.  The respondent state has no right to an appeal to stay execution neither can it apply for a stay of execution for any reason. This is different from the recommendation to transform into political parties that the LRC is trying to capitalize on. How do we live as a distinct people in LRC without a constitution that recognizes it?. We should get out of there. No constitution from LRC will guarantee anything.

How do SCAPO and SCNC negotiate with Biya when he brands them illegal organizations and has continued to arrest, detain, maim and kill their representatives? How do you freely negotiate with the respondent when its sword of Damocles hangs over our heads? We are surrounded by its troops, still under its administration where the civil liberties guaranteed even by their constitution are muzzled?  There is no freedom of association, movement, assembly, opinion, conscience etc… How do you form a political party under such an atmosphere? Shouldn’t they first withdraw their troops and administrative structures from our territory before any talks?

Muna and Foncha turned their backs on their constituents and we were annexed under their watch and when they were retired from politics they came to the UN to complain that the country had been annexed. This same doom and gloom awaits anybody rushing in to form political parties in LRC. The best and strongest stand is to ask LRC to execute the Banjul verdict. If they fail to do this before 180 days as provided for in the verdict, we know what to do. They should pay reparations for dismantling WCDA, CDC, Cameroon Bank, Marketing Board, Bota wharf, WADA, transferring our businesses to their side of the border, refusing to share the oil wealth with our country even though all the oil is from our territory, refusing to employ any of us in the oil industry etc. etc. This is their Achilles heel, the physical vulnerability that will potentially lead to the collapse of the annexation of SC. “We don hold dem for dem canas.”

To best understand the mind set of these thugs, read the lies that Issa Tchiroma Bakary told the world about the Banjul verdict.

Now that the long awaited victory has come what next? They have all along wanted us for our resources not because they thought that we were partners in nation building. The proof is easy to see: the abandonment of our nation, the numerous killings, the transfer of our marketing board to Douala, closure of WADA, the selling of CDC land etc… We have another case to enforce the compensation for killings, economic and political deprivation. La Republique du Cameroun would rather spend this money on bribing people to sing their praises than to compensate for the numerous killings all over our territory.

This is the time for the respondent, la Republique du Cameroun to sit/stand in the Pulpit with us declare that they are withdrawing their troops from our country and let the world see them as the murderers that they are. Instead of capitulating in silence, the warning has come down from our leaders that la Republique is secretly arming its citizens resident in our country to resist our efforts to cut loose from their strangle hold – enough warning that whatever peace overtures we are preparing, separation can only come through the barrel of the gun. Have we not been killed enough to provoke our wrath to fight back?
--- On Tue, 11/17/09, FDRSC Moderator <soucam2003@...> wrote:

From: FDRSC Moderator <soucam2003@...>
Subject: [FDR_SouthernCameroonsPeople] Video of African Elites at a French Secret Society Ceremony
To: fdr_southerncameroonspeople@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 3:07 AM

 

A video of French Africa's ruling elite, including heads of states, as they attend one of the French Secret Society ceremonies. These sects are one of the pillars of Francafrique under which the Southern Cameroons must remove herself.    http://www.20mai. net/2009/ 10/28/les- dirigeants- africains- esclaves- de-la-franc- maconnerie- francaise/ www.SouthernCameroo nsIG.org

From: SOUTHERN CAM EUROPEAN MISSIONS <scnceurope@...>
Subject: [FDR_SouthernCameroonsPeople] BUEA IS BURNING AND SOUTHERN CAMEROONS UNDER ATTACK
To: camdesg@yahoogroups.com, "cameroontoday" <cameroontoday@googlegroups.com>, cameroonforum@yahoogroups.com, camnetwork@yahoogroups.com, FDR_SouthernCameroonsPeople@yahoogroups.com
Cc: creativiews@yahoogroups.com, "AMBASOS-NA" <ambasos@yahoogroups.com>, amacam@yahoogroups.com, sceuadmin@yahoogroups.com, fdr_southerncameroonspeople@yahoogroups.com, "SCNC Forum" <southerncameroons@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 4:45 PM

 

BUEA IS BURNING AND SOUTHERN CAMEROONS UNDER ATTACK   Fellow Southern Cameroonian   The Southern Cameroons intelligence Bureau headquarters can confirm that Buea is burning as southern Cameroonians gathered at the Molyko statuim to attend a rally and Press Conference organized by the RG, SCAPO and SCNC to sensitize Southern Cameroonians on the Banjul Verdict after the lies told by LRC’s minister of communication Isa Tchiroma. Our sources confirmed that about 4500 Southern Cameroonians had been barricaded in the stadium by combine forces of police, gendarmes and the military. Military helicopters are flying over the stadium as trucks of soldiers are being ferried to Buea from Man-o-war bay, Tiko, Douala and Baffoussam. Even after authorizing the rally, the SDO for Buea was forced to call in the forces of repression after receiving orders from his bosses in Yaounde. As we write, teargas is being used all over the stadium and its neighborhood. Southern Cameroons leaders present at the Molyko stadium includes, the SCNC National Chairman, HRH Chief Ayamba, SCNC  Deputy Secretary General Mr Arrey Besong,  Martin Fon Yembe, LDA president; Mola Njoh Litumbe, Barristers Bobga, Ajong Stanislus etc etc, National and International press were also present. We’ll bring you more update as this story develops. If you’ll need to get additional information from Buea, use the contacts below: Martin Fon Yembe Tel: +23797039491 Simon Ful Ngwa  Tel:  +23777038127/ 99140238 B. Mathis Arrey Tel: +23777132752 Akongoh Innocent Ngwa Tel: +23799469879  Fondoh Cletus Tel: +23777852178 Elad Simon Tel: +23733322490   SCYL Information Bureau “Sometimes the words of protest are the only words we can speak clearly in the face of complex forces of evil woven into the fabric of our lives and world. We cannot always see or name the way forward. Further, no liberation front or political or social program can be identified with the reign of God. But even the cry of protest is a word of grace that moves us to resistance and to searching for another way. The beginning of finding a new path is speaking the truth of what clearly is not God’s will for human life ….” Catherine of Siena

Hi Comrade Winongale!

Thank you very much for your comment and interest in our struggle. I understand exactly your point of view. You are 100% right stating the SDF/Pa Mukong stuff. Comrade, be a leader and a critical thinker. Mind you, a critical thinker will not ignore a proposal in problem solving; talk less of rebuking the source. The truth is better. Yes, it is oh!!       I know people are angry with the situation at hand but anger (emotion) should have nothing to do with critical thinking. Face the reality. Who then is the day dreamer here? Remember, it’s a suggestion and not a decision taken.

In a battle field, why is there a point called the frontline and not all the soldiers are sent to this point? You asked me out of this forum .Ridiculous! You should have rather said that you and not ‘WE don’t need you’ because there so many critical thinkers in this forum. Some so-called comrades run their day-to- day activities and when they are tired in the evening, they sit and send e-mails expressing their emotions. Some have sensitized many in the territory, attended meetings despite the intimidation from the occupation forces, arrested and even been jailed for this struggle. The name may be strange to you in this forum because I have not been using it. You may be trying to compel me to quit this forum thinking that t I am a new comer.

 My dear comrade Winongale, the freedom we need will not come through sentiments and hatred for one another which is something we are noted for. I have been participating in this forum for almost a decade.

I suggest, we check out the follow option at hand:

1. File another communiqué with Banjul,

2. Follow Banjul’s existing recommendations which LRC will not be able to comply with them, hence opening up other opportunities for us to explore.

***3. Force the colonial administration of LRC out of our territory to get what is known as effective territorial control and then proceed from there or be like Somaliland.

4. Bringing in the UN through post conflict talks (see point 3 above) which is what she is noted for. The chances are slim to draw the UN’s attention through diplomacy. It’s the reality.

From: Dr. Christopher Atang <mbatu4@...>
Subject: Re: [FDR_SouthernCameroonsPeople] SCAPO Statement from Kevin Ngwang Gumne PhD, Chairman of SCAPO
To: fdr_southerncameroonspeople@yahoogroups.com, FDR_SouthernCameroonsPeople@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 1:31 PM

 

Help me reconcile this well written reaction of Dr. Gumne to LRC Minister of Communications, with the contents of Mr. Ndangam's 'surrender' communique that was published a couple of days ago. To save valuable time, what is our next plan of action?  You do not have to answer this last question in public. Christopher Atang, Ph.D., Professor, 5507 Pipingwood Drive Houston, Texas 77084   Please visit: www.chrisatang. org   --- On Tue, 11/3/09, FDRSC Moderator <soucam2003@yahoo. com> wrote: From: FDRSC Moderator <soucam2003@yahoo. com> Subject: [FDR_SouthernCamero onsPeople] SCAPO Statement from Kevin Ngwang Gumne PhD, Chairman of SCAPO To: fdr_southerncameroo nspeople@ yahoogroups. com Date: Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 9:41 AM    Hi All,   This statement is about the knee-jerk reaction of the Minister of Communication in La Republique du Cameroun on the recommendations of the ACHPR in Banjul on the Southern Cameroons case instituted by Kevin Ngwang Gumne and others against the Republic of Cameroon, and the rumours that SCAPO is a political party in LRC.   The ACHPR recommendations included the reform of the Higher Judicial Council with purely Law Persons of the Judicary. Has the government allowed the reform which will give meaning to independence of the Judiciary duly won for Cameroon by SCAPO and their team?The minister paraded the image of Gumne on CRTV and invited SCAPO and SCNC to transform into political parties in LRC. May I remind Mr Tchiroma that he and I used to support Mr Bouba Bello, Chairman Fru Ndi  and others in the opposition parties. We attended meetings in Bamenda, Douala, Yaoundee, Nkongsamba and other places. In 1992 Fru Ndi won the presidential elections. His reward was "House Arrest" with many of his supporters in hiding. These parties have sincne diminished in size and influence, squeezed by the government he now serve.   One other recommendations of the ACHPR  is the equitable distribution of the national wealth to all regions through infrastructural development. Has the govrn ment even started to implement this?   SCAPO's objective is to restore the sovereignty of the Southern Cameroons. Can this be done through LRC that has confiscated the SC sovereignty?   SCAPO remains a political party in the Southern Cameroons since the fraudulent Green Tree Accord in 2006.   La Republique du Cameroun attained independence on 1st January, 1960. The Southern Cameroons was not party to it. It is still, not party to it.   Southern Cameroonians are a PEOPLE with inalienable Rights. Peoples rights are a continuing right.   It is our hope that LRC will decide to be honest with its citizens in order to prevent imminent disaster that usually befalls any country whose government is dishonest to its citizens.   Any Southern Cameroonian or group that is connected to these rumours, should retract without delay and inform our citizens. SCAPO is no part to the political party in the Republic of Cameroon.   All Southern Cameroonians should stay calm and pray hard agains any bad influence from LRC, .   God bless   Kevin Ngwang Gumne PhD Chairman of SCAPO Lead Plaintiff in Communication 266/2003 Returning Officer- 1961 Plebiscite       The rumours that SCAPO has become a political party in LRC remains unfounded

From: kenny <kennymi6@...>
Subject: [FDR_SouthernCameroonsPeople] A PROPOSED STRATEGY.
To: FDR_SouthernCameroonsPeople@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, 5 November, 2009, 5:41 AM

 

Fellow Compatriots!
Let's try to explore some of the Banjul Court Ruling options tactfully for the benefit of our struggle for freedom. I suggest that liberation movements should understand each other and try to cooperate; some should be sent ahead to experiment the political party stuff and some should reject it (This is what the public should be aware of but the movements keep a unified plan). This is also advantageous in that it will take care of the present disagreements that are pulling some movements apart. `Use a worm to catch the fish because you need the fish and it doesn't need you. So give it what it wants to get what you want'. Freedom to withdraw from being a Political Party in La Republique is inevitable.It depends on the motives of the leaders of some movements like SCAPO.
The key to the strategy is true patriotism which will curb self-interests that may cause an individual to accept bribe and become a stumbling block for the freedom of his own people.
S.C's Kenny Ayongaba

From: Ntemfac Ofege <ntemfac@...>
Subject: Re: Urgent Neew for US Ambassador Zablowski�s Remarks on Southern Cameroons
To: "Martin Yembe" <mfyembe@...>
Cc: "BSC Secretariat" <bscsecretariat@...>, "carlson anyangwe" <carlany2001@...>, "Arnold Yongbang" <abyongbang@...>, "kevin gumne" <kenlad35@...>
Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 3:20 AM

As I see it the deal is simple;

1. Bobga Harmony...Secretary of State for Penitentiary plus ten pieces of silver. He belongs in jail himself.

2. Ndangam..Secretary of State for Basic Education plus 10 pieces of silver. He should be decently tied to the stakes and decently shot.

3. kevin Ngwang Gumne. Secretary of State for Francophonie plus 5 pieces of silver. See Franco-Cameroon Alliance

4. Nfor Susungi. Secretary of State for Finance and Economy. He needs the money badly.

 

How indeed are the mighty fallen.

Martin, where is that Alex when we need him most?

 

On 11/3/09, Martin Yembe <mfyembe@...> wrote:

He refused mentioning Gumne and Susungi. Bobga is the main brain as he campaigned for it openly.

On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 5:25 AM, Ntemfac Ofege <ntemfac@...> wrote:

1. Thanks Immensely Martin. Permit me copy the Youth League and other units.
2. What is Dr Gumne's position on this?
3. Can you put out a statement, as SG of Scapo dissociating yourself?
It will be for your own good.
4. I hope you measure the import of Mr Ndangam's treachery especially
for those of us at home who have told him what a sneaking serpent he
is. In plain language we are no longer safe..especially you. But not
to worry, we are able. More than able.
5. Is Bobga with Ndangam?
6. Susungi?

On 10/31/09, Martin Yembe <mfyembe@...> wrote:
> *Please, could you permit me announce here the breaking news: SCAPO

> ANNOUNCES ITS TRANSFORMATION INTO A POLITICAL PARTY WITH A.F. NDANGAM AS
> CHAIRMAN.
> When I indiccated that I was withdrawing as SG of SCAPO, it was because I
> was aware of this and I stated in a gebtlemanly manner that I will not be
> part of any political party having any relationship to LRC...because that
> was why I resigned as Provincial Chair for NW at the peak of its popularity.
> In withdrawing freom that position, I never disclosed its activities to the
> public. I have now been vindicated. While congatulating Mr. Ndangam and the
> 227th Party in Cameroun, I wish to state that I will continue to work,
> whether with SDF, LDA, JDP or CPDM if they can facilitate the sensitization
> of Southern CAmeroonians usuing their platforms...but that I will never hold
> any position in such a grouping.
> Meanwhile, the SCNC was very present at the Press Conference and dissociated
> itself from that decision( as the press was attempting to mesh the two up.
> SCNC rather proposes that SCNC, SCAPO, RG, Ambazonia, BRISCAMIA, SCARM,
> should forge up a program and convene a National Confab( a sort of AACIII)
> soonest, after various teams must have finished educating the ground.
> Thanks.
>    Martin Fon Yembe
>     GLOBINET, Bamenda*
>
> On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 4:14 AM, Ntemfac Ofege <ntemfac@...> wrote:
>
>> Gentlemen,
>>
>> Could someone please forward to me pronto US Ambassador Zablowskis 1959
>> remards on the Southern Cameroons?
>> Regards
>> Ofege
>>
>> --
>> Discover the sheer power of Galatians 2:20 "I have been crucified with
>> Christ..Nevertheless, I live, yet not I, but CHRIST LIVES IN ME"
>>
>


--
Discover the sheer power of Galatians 2:20 "I have been crucified with
Christ..Nevertheless, I live, yet not I, but CHRIST LIVES IN ME"
 

--
Discover the sheer power of Galatians 2:20 "I have been crucified with Christ..Nevertheless, I live, yet not I, but CHRIST LIVES IN ME"

From: Ntemfac Ofege <ntemfac@...>
Subject: Re: Urgent Neew for US Ambassador Zablowski�s Remarks on Southern Cameroons
To: "Martin Yembe" <mfyembe@...>
Cc: "BSC Secretariat" <bscsecretariat@...>, "carlson anyangwe" <carlany2001@...>, "Arnold Yongbang" <abyongbang@...>, "kevin gumne" <kenlad35@...>
Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 3:20 AM

As I see it the deal is simple;

1. Bobga Harmony...Secretary of State for Penitentiary plus ten pieces of silver. He belongs in jail himself.

2. Ndangam..Secretary of State for Basic Education plus 10 pieces of silver. He should be decently tied to the stakes and decently shot.

3. kevin Ngwang Gumne. Secretary of State for Francophonie plus 5 pieces of silver. See Franco-Cameroon Alliance

4. Nfor Susungi. Secretary of State for Finance and Economy. He needs the money badly.

 

How indeed are the mighty fallen.

Martin, where is that Alex when we need him most?

 

On 11/3/09, Martin Yembe <mfyembe@...> wrote:

He refused mentioning Gumne and Susungi. Bobga is the main brain as he campaigned for it openly.

On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 5:25 AM, Ntemfac Ofege <ntemfac@...> wrote:

1. Thanks Immensely Martin. Permit me copy the Youth League and other units.
2. What is Dr Gumne's position on this?
3. Can you put out a statement, as SG of Scapo dissociating yourself?
It will be for your own good.
4. I hope you measure the import of Mr Ndangam's treachery especially
for those of us at home who have told him what a sneaking serpent he
is. In plain language we are no longer safe..especially you. But not
to worry, we are able. More than able.
5. Is Bobga with Ndangam?
6. Susungi?

On 10/31/09, Martin Yembe <mfyembe@...> wrote:
> *Please, could you permit me announce here the breaking news: SCAPO

> ANNOUNCES ITS TRANSFORMATION INTO A POLITICAL PARTY WITH A.F. NDANGAM AS
> CHAIRMAN.
> When I indiccated that I was withdrawing as SG of SCAPO, it was because I
> was aware of this and I stated in a gebtlemanly manner that I will not be
> part of any political party having any relationship to LRC...because that
> was why I resigned as Provincial Chair for NW at the peak of its popularity.
> In withdrawing freom that position, I never disclosed its activities to the
> public. I have now been vindicated. While congatulating Mr. Ndangam and the
> 227th Party in Cameroun, I wish to state that I will continue to work,
> whether with SDF, LDA, JDP or CPDM if they can facilitate the sensitization
> of Southern CAmeroonians usuing their platforms...but that I will never hold
> any position in such a grouping.
> Meanwhile, the SCNC was very present at the Press Conference and dissociated
> itself from that decision( as the press was attempting to mesh the two up.
> SCNC rather proposes that SCNC, SCAPO, RG, Ambazonia, BRISCAMIA, SCARM,
> should forge up a program and convene a National Confab( a sort of AACIII)
> soonest, after various teams must have finished educating the ground.
> Thanks.
>    Martin Fon Yembe
>     GLOBINET, Bamenda*
>
> On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 4:14 AM, Ntemfac Ofege <ntemfac@...> wrote:
>
>> Gentlemen,
>>
>> Could someone please forward to me pronto US Ambassador Zablowskis 1959
>> remards on the Southern Cameroons?
>> Regards
>> Ofege
>>
>> --
>> Discover the sheer power of Galatians 2:20 "I have been crucified with
>> Christ..Nevertheless, I live, yet not I, but CHRIST LIVES IN ME"
>>
>


--
Discover the sheer power of Galatians 2:20 "I have been crucified with
Christ..Nevertheless, I live, yet not I, but CHRIST LIVES IN ME"
 

--
Discover the sheer power of Galatians 2:20 "I have been crucified with Christ..Nevertheless, I live, yet not I, but CHRIST LIVES IN ME"

From: Ntemfac Ofege <ntemfac@...>
Subject: Re: [nationalgroup] NDANGAM's EXPLANATION OF SCAPO POLITICAL PARTY TACTICAL MOVE
To: "Samuel Laikenjoh" <vifa57@...>
Cc: "Nationalgroup Moderator" <moderatornationalgroup@...>, "Carlson Anyangwe" <carlany2001@...>, "Christopher Atang" <mbatu4@...>, "Lucas Ayaba" <yabaluc@...>, "Fred Bebe" <fbebe@...>, "vincent feko" <nkwut@...>, "Charles Taku" <charto_us@...>, "Zebulon Tarkwa" <Tarkwa2007@...>, "Edwin Tatah" <metatah@...>, "Immanuel Tatamentan" <inmentan@...>, "Vincent Viban" <drviban@...>, "Martin Yembe" <mfyembe@...>, "Arnold Yongbang" <ab_yongbang@...>
Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 3:50 AM

My name is Ntemfac Nchwete Ofege and I approve this message.

On 11/4/09, Samuel Laikenjoh <vifa57@...> wrote:

Mr. Moderator Sir, reading and understanding a document is not the preserve of a chosen few. The rules of interpretation do however permit each and everyone to give meaning to how they understand a document and justify it from their own stance point. Unfortunately for you Yembe hinted on a 'strategic' move that was kept under wraps even from him the Secretary General of SCAPO. Don't you see the lie flying in your own face?    If we are already using Mola Njoh's party in furtherance of the course must we declare that we are a political party to do the same thing? Why the haste though? You stand tall in the diaspora and talk about things which we live and breathe everyday.    The lead Counsel wrote to the commision to protest some of the gratuitious uses and misleading statements made in their report why could SCAPO not wait for a reaction to the challenges raised? You will not again blackmail us at home for your ready to harvest fruits in La Republique du Cameroun. You conjecture that La rep du cameroun will turn down the declaration then we can continue from thence; what if they welcome it but make sure that you never preach the doctrine you claim will help release the people from bondage?    Some of us are not gifted enough to understand legal wrangles as per you and that is why we did not understand the ruling what a shame!!!!  La rep. du cameroun understood the judgement in their own way and celebrated victory SCAPO too has done same and are now ready to go cap in hand to seek the rewards of a long fought struggle. Are we that daft not to understand the game plan? Do you realise that SCAPO had formed this political party since 2000-2001 and that with the blessings of late Pa Foncha? Where was the Banjul ruling then that they were respecting? I know I will be censored again as usual by this forum but I have taken the liberty to forward it to individuals to prove my stupidity or the stupidity of those on the home front.   Mr. Feko who put up a beautiful piece yesterday which I bet you did not bother to read has been working hand in glove with Mola Litumbe and Barrister Taku's incisive comments and warnings were equally misplaced  because they did not understand the ruling of the Banjul. What an insult! The struggle will continue without SCAPO for they do not even have any support here on the field.   The language might have been hard but let me again reiterate that we are at war and will not tolerate nonsense from people who care little about the peoples' sufferings. Amen Visha Fai --- On Tue, 3/11/09, Nationalgroup Moderator <moderatornationalgroup@...> wrote:   From: Nationalgroup Moderator <moderatornationalgroup@...> Subject: [nationalgroup] NDANGAM's EXPLANATION OF SCAPO POLITICAL PARTY TACTICAL MOVE To: nationalgroup@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, 3 November, 2009, 6:13 PM   Ladies & Gentlemen, Greetings. I am sure that there are those who so far have not read what the Ruling from Banjul has asked us to do as well as the text of SCAPO’s declaration in response to paragraph 217 (2) of the ruling and there are those who have rushed over these and missed what is actually there in black and white but have been worked up by someone else’s  own miss-reading.             I wish to say a few things here  to those  who care to  read with open minds and evaluate calmly. 1)                 SCAPO has not registered itself as a political party in LRC as Martin Yembe alleges. He is not in a position to know what SCAPO has done and the reason behind the action.  The fact is that political parties in Cameron DO NOT start by DECLARATIONS and to the best of my knowledge no party in Cameroon exists that simply made a public declaration. How LRC is going to react to this declaration is  their own cup of tea.  We have simply carried out a court order. 2)                  And let us all be clear on one thing:  the laws of LRC does not permit SC or any  part of what they regard as their Territory to establish parties.  The very name “Southern Cameroons” in Southern Cameroons People Organization (SCAPO) is against the Cameroon law for legalizing parties.  We know all these.  But it is a better action for the struggle to do what the ruling has asked us to do and place the ball in the court of LRC.  When they write to reject our declaration that we are  a political party for Southern Cameroon (or that we have not conformed to their laws on starting a political party or whatever they  will choose to say, since they must ) it will be a useful document  to hand to ACHPR as evidence of the discriminatory laws against us.  If on the other hand they shy back because this Ruling  is  now a decision already adopted by African Heads of States and they keep quiet about our public declaration within 3 months it is still a plus for the struggle because we will carry the struggle to the streets of Southern Cameroons .  Untill this struggle is seen openly on the streets of our Territory the world will not listen to our small whispers under the table. The declaration we have made is, in our view , a better approach to the window that has been opened by the Banjul Ruling than for us to reject the proposal  and sit to complain  that the existing  laws of LRC do not favour us. We hope readers without bias will see the point. 3)                   We should sieze every opportunity that presents itself in this struggle and see if we can exploit it to advantage. We will not be surprised if because of the Kumba and Buea rallies Molar’s LDA is banned.  And if they are silly enough to sink that mean, we will exploit that for the struggle.  There are those who worked against the LDA initiative of calling us to come up and shout “Southern Cameroons” under the umbrella of the LDA and claimed that Mola’s party was a party  registered in LRC and Mola wanted to project himself.  This was hasty reading of the situation and potential. They were wrong and Mola’s initiative served the interest of the SC. struggle.  When opportunity knocks a grumbler stands by to complain about the noise he has heard at the door.  How on earth come that we are so cheaply lulled from reasoning on a single tactical move. Let  any one who claims that we have registered a political party in LRC publish the Registration number for public scrutiny 4)                 .  On the second  point to SCAPO and the SCNC calling for constitutional talks let us not be under any illusions:  LRC is very likely to reject the proposal outright..  But again, it is for us to move ahead and accept the proposal and let the “NO” come from LRC.  If Mr. Yembe and the SCNC did not decide to hold a  separate meeting to take their own separate decision against accepting  these proposals, we should have sat down together to discuss and take a common position. The useful thing those writing on this matter can do is to tell the SCNC leadership that having signed the Joint Communiqué to work with the RG and SCAPO in Unity they should translate that commitment into action. 5)                 Apparently Dr. Susungi plunged into Mr. Yembe’s allegations without brothering to read both the ruling handed down by the ACHPR and the SCAPO declaration to keep himself properly informed.  It is advisable for others to take time and read these documents first.  The fact that both applicants and Respondent State have been given 180 days in which to report their compliance with the recommendations in the ruling means that this ruling rises to a “Court Order”  Ironically Dr. Susungi is arguing that the ruling actually favours us and we should go along with it.   Ironically it was Dr. Susungi  who first proposed that SCAPO should declare itself transformed into a political  party. Now, the African Commission comes along  and asks us to do what Dr. Susungi had proposed a few years back, and there is a problem because Mr. Yembe has twisted things to justify why he left SCAPO. Why did Mr. Yembe not publish this secret plan by SCAPO at the time he left SCAPO? Failing to do this, why did he not give a private hint to Dr Gumne or Dr Susungi that he had smelt a rat? Let us all be calm. Before long we will see that what SCAPO did was the right thing to do. It may in fact be a good thing for Southern Cameroons that SCNC and SCAPO have decided differently on what the Court has said because whichever way things swing Southern Cameroons will be the winner. 6)                   We take this opportunity to inform all Southern Cameroonians that hard copies of the Ruling on Communication 266 are now available at home in printed form.  The ruling should be read side by side with the book Et TU BRUTE  published under the authority of the SC Restoration Government.  Any one in Europe or the US who knows someone travelling from home soon should link us for copies of this book to be sent out there.  Thanks you.                           A.F.N

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From: FDRSC Moderator <soucam2003@...>
Subject: [FDR_SouthernCameroonsPeople] SCAPO Statement from Kevin Ngwang Gumne PhD, Chairman of SCAPO
To: fdr_southerncameroonspeople@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 9:41 AM

 

Hi All,   This statement is about the knee-jerk reaction of the Minister of Communication in La Republique du Cameroun on the recommendations of the ACHPR in Banjul on the Southern Cameroons case instituted by Kevin Ngwang Gumne and others against the Republic of Cameroon, and the rumours that SCAPO is a political party in LRC.   The ACHPR recommendations included the reform of the Higher Judicial Council with purely Law Persons of the Judicary. Has the government allowed the reform which will give meaning to independence of the Judiciary duly won for Cameroon by SCAPO and their team?The minister paraded the image of Gumne on CRTV and invited SCAPO and SCNC to transform into political parties in LRC. May I remind Mr Tchiroma that he and I used to support Mr Bouba Bello, Chairman Fru Ndi  and others in the opposition parties. We attended meetings in Bamenda, Douala, Yaoundee, Nkongsamba and other places. In 1992 Fru Ndi won the presidential elections. His reward was "House Arrest" with many of his supporters in hiding. These parties have sincne diminished in size and influence, squeezed by the government he now serve.   One other recommendations of the ACHPR  is the equitable distribution of the national wealth to all regions through infrastructural development. Has the govrn ment even started to implement this?   SCAPO's objective is to restore the sovereignty of the Southern Cameroons. Can this be done through LRC that has confiscated the SC sovereignty?   SCAPO remains a political party in the Southern Cameroons since the fraudulent Green Tree Accord in 2006.   La Republique du Cameroun attained independence on 1st January, 1960. The Southern Cameroons was not party to it. It is still, not party to it.   Southern Cameroonians are a PEOPLE with inalienable Rights. Peoples rights are a continuing right.   It is our hope that LRC will decide to be honest with its citizens in order to prevent imminent disaster that usually befalls any country whose government is dishonest to its citizens.   Any Southern Cameroonian or group that is connected to these rumours, should retract without delay and inform our citizens. SCAPO is no part to the political party in the Republic of Cameroon.   All Southern Cameroonians should stay calm and pray hard agains any bad influence from LRC, .   God bless   Kevin Ngwang Gumne PhD Chairman of SCAPO Lead Plaintiff in Communication 266/2003 Returning Officer- 1961 Plebiscite       The rumours that SCAPO has become a political party in LRC remains unfounded

Hi All,   This statement is about the knee-jerk reaction of the Minister of Communication in La Republique du Cameroun on the recommendations of the ACHPR in Banjul on the Southern Cameroons case instituted by Kevin Ngwang Gumne and others against the Republic of Cameroon, and the rumours that SCAPO is a political party in LRC.   The ACHPR recommendations included the reform of the Higher Judicial Council with purely Law Persons of the Judicary. Has the government allowed the reform which will give meaning to independence of the Judiciary duly won for Cameroon by SCAPO and their team?The minister paraded the image of Gumne on CRTV and invited SCAPO and SCNC to transform into political parties in LRC. May I remind Mr Tchiroma that he and I used to support Mr Bouba Bello, Chairman Fru Ndi  and others in the opposition parties. We attended meetings in Bamenda, Douala, Yaoundee, Nkongsamba and other places. In 1992 Fru Ndi won the presidential elections. His reward was "House Arrest" with many of his supporters in hiding. These parties have sincne diminished in size and influence, squeezed by the government he now serve.   One other recommendations of the ACHPR  is the equitable distribution of the national wealth to all regions through infrastructural development. Has the govrn ment even started to implement this?   SCAPO's objective is to restore the sovereignty of the Southern Cameroons. Can this be done through LRC that has confiscated the SC sovereignty?   SCAPO remains a political party in the Southern Cameroons since the fraudulent Green Tree Accord in 2006.   La Republique du Cameroun attained independence on 1st January, 1960. The Southern Cameroons was not party to it. It is still, not party to it.   Southern Cameroonians are a PEOPLE with inalienable Rights. Peoples rights are a continuing right.   It is our hope that LRC will decide to be honest with its citizens in order to prevent imminent disaster that usually befalls any country whose government is dishonest to its citizens.   Any Southern Cameroonian or group that is connected to these rumours, should retract without delay and inform our citizens. SCAPO is no part to the political party in the Republic of Cameroon.   All Southern Cameroonians should stay calm and pray hard agains any bad influence from LRC, .   God bless   Kevin Ngwang Gumne PhD Chairman of SCAPO Lead Plaintiff in Communication 266/2003 Returning Officer- 1961 Plebiscite       The rumours that SCAPO has become a political party in LRC remains unfounded

From: Ofege Ntemfac <ntemfacofege@...>
Subject: [FDR_SouthernCameroonsPeople] Fwd: Background to Ndangam's Final Treachery [1 Attachment]
To: nationalgroup@yahoogroups.com, southerncameroons@yahoogroups.com, fdr_southerncameroonspeople@yahoogroups.com, fdrscamambassadors@...
Cc: "AMBASOS-NA" <ambasos@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Monday, November 2, 2009, 12:55 PM

 

Re-route..From the 2006 Archives.     The Source of my Strength Bishop David Oyedepo says, "Christianity must not be mistaken for a religion at all.. Christianity is a manifestation of the supernatural, " - supernatural wisdom, understanding, knowledge, counsel, power-stamina, righteousness- morality, and spirit. I am a born-again Christian: a prophet, a proof and manifestation of that power. I am a vibrant winner, an overcomer and a victor. I can do ALL things through HIM who gives me strength. That is why I lead. That is why I speak wisdom to my generation. --- On Mon, 11/2/09, Ntemfac Ofege <ntemfac@gmail. com> wrote: From: Ntemfac Ofege <ntemfac@gmail. com> Subject: Fwd: Background to Ndangam's Final Treachery To: "Ntemfac" <ntemfacofege@ yahoo.com> Date: Monday, November 2, 2009, 4:38 AM ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ntemfac Ofege <ntemfac@gmail. com> Date: Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 12:24 PM Subject: Background to Ndangam's Final Treachery To: Samuel Laikenjoh <vifa57@yahoo. co.uk> Cc: Carlson Anyangwe <carlany2001@ yahoo.com>, Christopher Atang <mbatu4@yahoo. com>, Fred Bebe <fbebe@gwmail. kysu.edu>, vincent feko <nkwut@yahoo. com>, Charles Taku <charto_us@yahoo. com>, Zebulon Takwa <ztakwa@yahoo. fr>, Edwin Tatah <metatah@yahoo. com>, Immanuel Tatamentan <inmentan@yahoo. com>, Vincent Viban <drviban@canada. com>, Martin Yembe <mfyembe@gmail. com>, Arnold Yongbang <ab_yongbang@ yahoo.com> From the Archives. On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 12:19 PM, Samuel Laikenjoh <vifa57@yahoo. co.uk> wrote: My Dear comrades, I am reposting this message in the light of the rescent happenings and to reiterate that we had all along been dining with the devil under the guise of SCAPO. I remember in some of my exchanges with prof. Ayim he tried to convince me that we were now dealing with a changed SCAPO and I as much as said that leopards do not change their spots and that a political party had been formed as far back as 2000 - 2001.   We will now be bound to publish the documents we forcefull seized from Doh in Abuja. This was in Justice Ebong's hotel room. Could the freedom fighters of the Southern Cameroons regroup and make nonsense of this group of opportunists and outright traitors.   The mission to destroy SCARM  led by Ndangam and the late Mbunwe Samba failed in that they did not succeed to convert the SCNC into a political party with us watching. Who knows why Mbunwe Samba was killed? Did he fail to deliver as agreed with La Republique? Is Ndangam now delivering to save his own head? You may run away from la republique du cameroun but you may not hide for they do not trust even you their collaborator.    I know at several instances people have asked us who made us the watch dogs of the struggle. We made ourselves because what you call the SCNC today was started as the North West / South West Elites association which later on metarmophorsed to the Cameroon Anglophone Movement CAM with the late Chief Dr. Enonchong as its first Chairman.. The late Ambassador Epie took over as chair of the Organization until we organized AAC 1. Neither Ndangam nor Gumne were at Batasof where the planning and the strategies were laid for AAC 1. You may ask Barrister Charles Taku and Ambassador Fossung if this is true or false. None of them formed part of th NW/SW elites association. They happened to the revolution they were not part of it as they have often given the world to believe. When our Chairman Ambassador Epie asked us at Batasof to allow the new entrants to join us who had invariably been described as rascals and revolutionaries seeking for a return albeit erroneously to the two state federation we welcomed it for the sake of liberating the people from bodage. We unfortunately allowed creeps under the name of a united front to join the peoples' liberation struggle from the top and see where they have landed us? It is however good that they have come to the surface after having succeeded to weaken the SCNC but they have not weakened the resolve of the people to liberate themselves.    Can professor Ayim talk again with the same candour about SCAPO as he did yesterday? That is why we elected ourselves to be the watch dogs of the liberation struggle for the organization needed its own police to control traitors like the ones that have identified themselves now.    When we asked for the reorganization of the SCNC they teamed up with Nfor Nfor and some comrades in the diaspora to prevent it from happening so they could not lose their socalled vantage position. We should collectively review our stance as to the talks and ignore the crooks who have passed for our leaders for the longest time possible. To be continued. --- On Fri, 9/10/09, Samuel Laikenjoh <vifa57@yahoo. co.uk> wrote: From: Samuel Laikenjoh <vifa57@yahoo. co.uk> Subject: RE: [nationalgroup] Re: [SouthernCameroons] The Official Communique by LRC Government Spokesman To: "Bens Awaah" <buawaah@hotmail. com> Cc: "Arnold Yongbang" <ab_yongbang@ yahoo.com> Date: Friday, 9 October, 2009, 9:30 AM Hello all, this is the catch 22 situation we had evoked several years back when the struggle started going astray.    Should Biya comply in 180 days who are the negotiators on the Southern Cameroons side of the story? Do you really believe that the groups you've mentioned stand the chance to go on the negotiating table with the devil.   Let me dare say here that in all the groupings that we have seen so far only Prof. Carlson Anyangwe as far as SCARM is concerned has been consistent with the principle of the liberation struggle. For those who do not know him he co-authored the New Social Order with Fon Gorgi Dinka and the late Prof. Bernard Fonlon;  he is one of the founding fathers of the SDF, the first of of the tripartite talks appointees to move over to SCARM to build the ground work for AAC 1 that later metamophorsed to the SCNC. He has really been very consistent and can be trusted.    The others have vascillated, doubting even themselves, others have proposed that we move into the third Republic where our identity as a people shall only be found at the refrain of the national anthem of that alien country, others had even gone as far as proposing to convert their lead group into a political party in La Republique du Cameroun. Perhaps the tone we used sometimes put off gentlemen who thought we were discourteous but this is war my brothers.  We have to be rough sometimes to put a senseless practice right.   This said, may I call on all and sundry not to make the mistake of alligning politicians whose goals we all already know to be part of any such talks. I believe in sending out hardliners to be led by Prof. Carlson Anyangwe. Our legal luminaries should not be left behind. This is not the time for emotionalism.   The terms of the negotiations should be nothing short of our outright Independence. We  will be going to such talks only not to look like a people who do not respect African Institutions else the answer would have been to stear clear of any negotiations with a coloniser.   We should be careful not to repeat Foumban and the tripartite talks. As soon as our would be delgation which we cannot propose on this medium goes to the negotiating table and find out that the UN is not properly represented, they should walk out never to return to the same place.    We should also insist that the talks take place out of the Republic of Cameroon and that no blue blooded Southern Cameroonian shall act as the agent of the coloniser at such talks. These are my mad propositions but they are meant to jump start our brains in preparation for such talks. The appeal to the commissions ruling has already been launched by the lead Counsel for the petitionners. Let us however pray that a ruling on the appeal should be arrived at before the 180 days expire. The appeal should under normal circumstances put everything on the hold until it is determined but we are not dealing with normal circumstances here. Our enemy is using the resources stolen from our territory to bribe the officials of these superfluous Organizations. Do not forget that they bribed themselves into the Commomwealth of Nations where they now are an embarrassment to the organization - Re Admission quest of the Rwanda government.   Let us remain level headed in the face of all these provocations by the enemy. Aluta continua Visha Fai  --- On Thu, 8/10/09, Bens Awaah <buawaah@hotmail. com> wrote: From: Bens Awaah <buawaah@hotmail. com> Subject: RE: [nationalgroup] Re: [SouthernCameroons] The Official Communique by LRC Government Spokesman To: "national Group" <nationalgroup@ yahoogroups. com> Date: Thursday, 8 October, 2009, 9:03 PM   Doc., In my opinion, THE WAY FORWARD NETWORK in the Diaspora is slow in raising resources because the RG, SCNC, AMBAZONIA, SCAPO and SCYL have not managed to find a way to coordinate their activities. Onlookers and on-the-fence supporters are confused and wondering why so many purporting leaders. For THE WAY FORWARD NETWORK to engage in assisting fractious groups in a Struggle whose leaders are supposed to work in unison would be a big mistake. When the above-mentioned groups shall get their act together, lack of support would be a thing of the past. Believe me. Bens Awaah    To: SouthernCameroon@ yahoogroups. . com; carlany2001@ yahoo.com CC: Charto_us@yahoo. com; nationalgroup@ yahoogroups. com From: ngekmom@yahoo. com Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 08:40:39 -0700 Subject: [nationalgroup] Re: [SouthernCameroons] The Official Communique by LRC Government Spokesman   Dear Martin, Have members of your revered team (You,Mola,Ndangam, Nfor,Berinyuy, Mbutton, etc.) that conducted the RESONANT counter-symbolizati on campaign mapped out an attrition diplomatic strategy to face LRC? 180 days is not much.Inputs from the diaspora can only be effective depending on who is going to do what,where , and when.We cannot afford an auction diplomatic approach.We are waiting for instructions from you. The WAY FORWARD NETWORK counts on you at GROUND ZERO. All the best, Tatah Mentan From: Martin Yembe <mfyembe@gmail. com> To: Carlson Anyangwe <carlany2001@ yahoo..com>; SouthernCameroon <SouthernCameroon@ yahoogroups. com> Cc: charles taku <Charto_us@yahoo. com>; Emmanuel Tatah fMentan sh <ngekmom@yahoo. com>; nationalgroup <nationalgroup@ yahoogroups. com> Sent: Mon, October 5, 2009 11:36:49 AM Subject: [SouthernCameroons] The Official Communique by LRC Government Spokesman [1 Attachment]   I finally monitored CRTV and recorded the communique cming out with the attached transcribed version with no comments. We need reactions soonest, else our heads will boil here at home. No wonder, Nfor Nfor of SCNC had to come out with a reaction. Please, this is a serious affair that calls for no sleep, no sentiments, no bias thoughts...ONLY Action. We await...and any further delay, we too can act!!!    Martin Fon Yembe ( Independent Activists) BAMENDA Tel: 97039491 Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. Sign up now. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger .yahoo.com -- Discover the sheer power of Galatians 2:20 "I have been crucified with Christ..Nevertheles s, I live, yet not I, but CHRIST LIVES IN ME" -- Discover the sheer power of Galatians 2:20 "I have been crucified with Christ..Nevertheles s, I live, yet not I, but CHRIST LIVES IN ME"

From: FDRSC Moderator <soucam2003@...>
Subject: [FDR_SouthernCameroonsPeople] SCNC Rejects Call To Register As Political Party
To: fdr_southerncameroonspeople@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, November 2, 2009, 1:32 PM

 

Monday, November 02, 2009 http://www.thepostw ebedition. com/Content. aspx?ModuleID= 1&ItemID=2137   By Peterkins Manyong   The SCNC has rejected the recommendation of the African Commission for Human and People's Rights, ACHPR, that it should register as a political party.   It has, however, accepted to hold dialogue with government only after seeking the consent of the grassroots. This position was taken in Bamenda during the celebration of the 65th anniversary of the United Nations recently. The occasion was organised by the Global Information Network, GLOBINET.   The resolutions disregard the idea of forming political parties, describing it as "a weak willed and fatalistic endeavour by anyone fighting against colonization condemned by the UN and the civilized world". The resolution also called on all Southern Cameroonians to rally around SCNC, SCAPO and other genuine liberation movements towards dialogue with La Republique as recommended by the ACHPR.   The SCNC, which was given the mandate by AAC I and AAC II to rally all Southern Cameroonians, was called upon to go to the negotiation table as one man and with well defined prerequisites. To this effect, the resolutions call on the SCNC to make a catalogue of all the political, economic and socio-cultural injustices since the annexation of their territory.    The resolutions, however, regret that while the commission is talking about negotiations, La Republique du Cameroun is multiplying the arrests and incarceration of Southern Cameroonians whose activities adhere to internationally recognized methods of resisting colonialism. The case of Justice Muluh Mbuh, a lecturer of ENS and National Polytechnic Bambui was cited.   The Symposium The symposium, which took place Saturday, October 24, was characterized by paper presentations on the UN, the Banjul verdict and human rights.  Hon. Joseph Kwi presented a six-page analysis detailing the political and economic consequences of the Banjul verdict. The paper written by Justice Paul Ayah Abine, the CPDM Member of Parliament for Akwaya, condemned what he described as the miscarriage of justice in Cameroon as a result of the fact that the Executive lords it over the judiciary.   Another paper from Andrew Edimo of Iroko Cultural Association USA condemned what it said was the exploitation of oil and timber in Ndian Division without the people enjoying the economic advantage derived from these communities. Present at the symposium were the SCNC National Chair, Chief Ayamba, the Vice Nfor Ngala Nfor among other Southern Cameroonian activists.   SCAPO To Become Political Party   Meanwhile, a decision to transform SCAPO into a political party was announced Saturday, October 31, by the SCAPO leader, Augustine Ndangam, during a press conference. The press conference organized by SCNC Counsel Harmony Bobga-Mbuton, held under the theme" Access to Justice and Conflict Transformation" Ndangam said the Organisation was acting in conformity with Article 2 (i) of the Banjul Ruling which called on Southern Cameroons liberation movements to transform into political parties. He dismissed allegations that government intends to bribe Southern Cameroonian movements FCFA 14 billion to register as political parties.   Another Anglophone Conference Soon   The SCNC represented at the press conference by Hitler Mbinglo, Northern Zone Chairman, maintained his organisation' s position to remain a liberation movement. SCAPO, however, promised to use its position as a political party, with Ndangam as pioneer Chairman, to articulate the aspirations of the SCNC. Both organizations resolved that another All Anglophone Conference (AAC111) be convened to discuss the issue. The Human Rights Clinic and Education Centre, HURCLED, was assigned to do this. www.SouthernCameroo nsIG.org

Monday, November 02, 2009

http://www.thepostwebedition.com/Content.aspx?ModuleID=1&ItemID=2137

By Peterkins Manyong

The SCNC has rejected the recommendation of the African Commission for Human and People's Rights, ACHPR, that it should register as a political party.

It has, however, accepted to hold dialogue with government only after seeking the consent of the grassroots. This position was taken in Bamenda during the celebration of the 65th anniversary of the United Nations recently. The occasion was organised by the Global Information Network, GLOBINET.

The resolutions disregard the idea of forming political parties, describing it as "a weak willed and fatalistic endeavour by anyone fighting against colonization condemned by the UN and the civilized world". The resolution also called on all Southern Cameroonians to rally around SCNC, SCAPO and other genuine liberation movements towards dialogue with La Republique as recommended by the ACHPR.

The SCNC, which was given the mandate by AAC I and AAC II to rally all Southern Cameroonians, was called upon to go to the negotiation table as one man and with well defined prerequisites. To this effect, the resolutions call on the SCNC to make a catalogue of all the political, economic and socio-cultural injustices since the annexation of their territory. 

The resolutions, however, regret that while the commission is talking about negotiations, La Republique du Cameroun is multiplying the arrests and incarceration of Southern Cameroonians whose activities adhere to internationally recognized methods of resisting colonialism. The case of Justice Muluh Mbuh, a lecturer of ENS and National Polytechnic Bambui was cited.

The Symposium

The symposium, which took place Saturday, October 24, was characterized by paper presentations on the UN, the Banjul verdict and human rights.  Hon. Joseph Kwi presented a six-page analysis detailing the political and economic consequences of the Banjul verdict. The paper written by Justice Paul Ayah Abine, the CPDM Member of Parliament for Akwaya, condemned what he described as the miscarriage of justice in Cameroon as a result of the fact that the Executive lords it over the judiciary.

Another paper from Andrew Edimo of Iroko Cultural Association USA condemned what it said was the exploitation of oil and timber in Ndian Division without the people enjoying the economic advantage derived from these communities. Present at the symposium were the SCNC National Chair, Chief Ayamba, the Vice Nfor Ngala Nfor among other Southern Cameroonian activists.

SCAPO To Become Political Party

Meanwhile, a decision to transform SCAPO into a political party was announced Saturday, October 31, by the SCAPO leader, Augustine Ndangam, during a press conference. The press conference organized by SCNC Counsel Harmony Bobga-Mbuton, held under the theme" Access to Justice and Conflict Transformation"

Ndangam said the Organisation was acting in conformity with Article 2 (i) of the Banjul Ruling which called on Southern Cameroons liberation movements to transform into political parties. He dismissed allegations that government intends to bribe Southern Cameroonian movements FCFA 14 billion to register as political parties.

Another Anglophone Conference Soon

The SCNC represented at the press conference by Hitler Mbinglo, Northern Zone Chairman, maintained his organisation's position to remain a liberation movement. SCAPO, however, promised to use its position as a political party, with Ndangam as pioneer Chairman, to articulate the aspirations of the SCNC. Both organizations resolved that another All Anglophone Conference (AAC111) be convened to discuss the issue. The Human Rights Clinic and Education Centre, HURCLED, was assigned to do this.

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From: Ntemfac Ofege <ntemfac@...>
Subject: Fwd: Background to Ndangam's Final Treachery
To: "Ntemfac" <ntemfacofege@...>
Date: Monday, November 2, 2009, 4:38 AM

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Date: Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 12:24 PM
Subject: Background to Ndangam's Final Treachery
To: Samuel Laikenjoh <vifa57@...>
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From the Archives.

On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 12:19 PM, Samuel Laikenjoh <vifa57@...> wrote:

My Dear comrades, I am reposting this message in the light of the rescent happenings and to reiterate that we had all along been dining with the devil under the guise of SCAPO. I remember in some of my exchanges with prof. Ayim he tried to convince me that we were now dealing with a changed SCAPO and I as much as said that leopards do not change their spots and that a political party had been formed as far back as 2000 - 2001.   We will now be bound to publish the documents we forcefull seized from Doh in Abuja. This was in Justice Ebong's hotel room. Could the freedom fighters of the Southern Cameroons regroup and make nonsense of this group of opportunists and outright traitors.   The mission to destroy SCARM  led by Ndangam and the late Mbunwe Samba failed in that they did not succeed to convert the SCNC into a political party with us watching. Who knows why Mbunwe Samba was killed? Did he fail to deliver as agreed with La Republique? Is Ndangam now delivering to save his own head? You may run away from la republique du cameroun but you may not hide for they do not trust even you their collaborator.    I know at several instances people have asked us who made us the watch dogs of the struggle. We made ourselves because what you call the SCNC today was started as the North West / South West Elites association which later on metarmophorsed to the Cameroon Anglophone Movement CAM with the late Chief Dr. Enonchong as its first Chairman.. The late Ambassador Epie took over as chair of the Organization until we organized AAC 1. Neither Ndangam nor Gumne were at Batasof where the planning and the strategies were laid for AAC 1. You may ask Barrister Charles Taku and Ambassador Fossung if this is true or false. None of them formed part of th NW/SW elites association. They happened to the revolution they were not part of it as they have often given the world to believe. When our Chairman Ambassador Epie asked us at Batasof to allow the new entrants to join us who had invariably been described as rascals and revolutionaries seeking for a return albeit erroneously to the two state federation we welcomed it for the sake of liberating the people from bodage. We unfortunately allowed creeps under the name of a united front to join the peoples' liberation struggle from the top and see where they have landed us? It is however good that they have come to the surface after having succeeded to weaken the SCNC but they have not weakened the resolve of the people to liberate themselves.    Can professor Ayim talk again with the same candour about SCAPO as he did yesterday? That is why we elected ourselves to be the watch dogs of the liberation struggle for the organization needed its own police to control traitors like the ones that have identified themselves now.    When we asked for the reorganization of the SCNC they teamed up with Nfor Nfor and some comrades in the diaspora to prevent it from happening so they could not lose their socalled vantage position. We should collectively review our stance as to the talks and ignore the crooks who have passed for our leaders for the longest time possible. To be continued. --- On Fri, 9/10/09, Samuel Laikenjoh <vifa57@...> wrote: From: Samuel Laikenjoh <vifa57@...> Subject: RE: [nationalgroup] Re: [SouthernCameroons] The Official Communique by LRC Government Spokesman To: "Bens Awaah" <buawaah@...> Cc: "Arnold Yongbang" <ab_yongbang@...> Date: Friday, 9 October, 2009, 9:30 AM Hello all, this is the catch 22 situation we had evoked several years back when the struggle started going astray.    Should Biya comply in 180 days who are the negotiators on the Southern Cameroons side of the story? Do you really believe that the groups you've mentioned stand the chance to go on the negotiating table with the devil.   Let me dare say here that in all the groupings that we have seen so far only Prof. Carlson Anyangwe as far as SCARM is concerned has been consistent with the principle of the liberation struggle. For those who do not know him he co-authored the New Social Order with Fon Gorgi Dinka and the late Prof. Bernard Fonlon;  he is one of the founding fathers of the SDF, the first of of the tripartite talks appointees to move over to SCARM to build the ground work for AAC 1 that later metamophorsed to the SCNC. He has really been very consistent and can be trusted.    The others have vascillated, doubting even themselves, others have proposed that we move into the third Republic where our identity as a people shall only be found at the refrain of the national anthem of that alien country, others had even gone as far as proposing to convert their lead group into a political party in La Republique du Cameroun. Perhaps the tone we used sometimes put off gentlemen who thought we were discourteous but this is war my brothers.  We have to be rough sometimes to put a senseless practice right.   This said, may I call on all and sundry not to make the mistake of alligning politicians whose goals we all already know to be part of any such talks. I believe in sending out hardliners to be led by Prof. Carlson Anyangwe. Our legal luminaries should not be left behind. This is not the time for emotionalism.   The terms of the negotiations should be nothing short of our outright Independence. We  will be going to such talks only not to look like a people who do not respect African Institutions else the answer would have been to stear clear of any negotiations with a coloniser.   We should be careful not to repeat Foumban and the tripartite talks. As soon as our would be delgation which we cannot propose on this medium goes to the negotiating table and find out that the UN is not properly represented, they should walk out never to return to the same place.    We should also insist that the talks take place out of the Republic of Cameroon and that no blue blooded Southern Cameroonian shall act as the agent of the coloniser at such talks. These are my mad propositions but they are meant to jump start our brains in preparation for such talks. The appeal to the commissions ruling has already been launched by the lead Counsel for the petitionners. Let us however pray that a ruling on the appeal should be arrived at before the 180 days expire. The appeal should under normal circumstances put everything on the hold until it is determined but we are not dealing with normal circumstances here. Our enemy is using the resources stolen from our territory to bribe the officials of these superfluous Organizations. Do not forget that they bribed themselves into the Commomwealth of Nations where they now are an embarrassment to the organization - Re Admission quest of the Rwanda government.   Let us remain level headed in the face of all these provocations by the enemy. Aluta continua Visha Fai  --- On Thu, 8/10/09, Bens Awaah <buawaah@...> wrote: From: Bens Awaah <buawaah@...> Subject: RE: [nationalgroup] Re: [SouthernCameroons] The Official Communique by LRC Government Spokesman To: "national Group" <nationalgroup@yahoogroups.com> Date: Thursday, 8 October, 2009, 9:03 PM   Doc., In my opinion, THE WAY FORWARD NETWORK in the Diaspora is slow in raising resources because the RG, SCNC, AMBAZONIA, SCAPO and SCYL have not managed to find a way to coordinate their activities. Onlookers and on-the-fence supporters are confused and wondering why so many purporting leaders. For THE WAY FORWARD NETWORK to engage in assisting fractious groups in a Struggle whose leaders are supposed to work in unison would be a big mistake. When the above-mentioned groups shall get their act together, lack of support would be a thing of the past. Believe me. Bens Awaah    To: SouthernCameroon@ yahoogroups.. com; carlany2001@ yahoo.com CC: Charto_us@yahoo. com; nationalgroup@ yahoogroups. com From: ngekmom@yahoo. com Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 08:40:39 -0700 Subject: [nationalgroup] Re: [SouthernCameroons] The Official Communique by LRC Government Spokesman   Dear Martin, Have members of your revered team (You,Mola,Ndangam, Nfor,Berinyuy, Mbutton, etc.) that conducted the RESONANT counter-symbolizati on campaign mapped out an attrition diplomatic strategy to face LRC? 180 days is not much.Inputs from the diaspora can only be effective depending on who is going to do what,where , and when.We cannot afford an auction diplomatic approach.We are waiting for instructions from you. The WAY FORWARD NETWORK counts on you at GROUND ZERO. All the best, Tatah Mentan From: Martin Yembe <mfyembe@gmail. com> To: Carlson Anyangwe <carlany2001@ yahoo..com>; SouthernCameroon <SouthernCameroon@ yahoogroups. com> Cc: charles taku <Charto_us@yahoo. com>; Emmanuel Tatah fMentan sh <ngekmom@yahoo. com>; nationalgroup <nationalgroup@ yahoogroups. com> Sent: Mon, October 5, 2009 11:36:49 AM Subject: [SouthernCameroons] The Official Communique by LRC Government Spokesman [1 Attachment]   I finally monitored CRTV and recorded the communique cming out with the attached transcribed version with no comments. We need reactions soonest, else our heads will boil here at home. No wonder, Nfor Nfor of SCNC had to come out with a reaction. Please, this is a serious affair that calls for no sleep, no sentiments, no bias thoughts...ONLY Action. We await...and any further delay, we too can act!!!    Martin Fon Yembe ( Independent Activists) BAMENDA Tel: 97039491 Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. Sign up now. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -- Discover the sheer power of Galatians 2:20 "I have been crucified with Christ..Nevertheless, I live, yet not I, but CHRIST LIVES IN ME" -- Discover the sheer power of Galatians 2:20 "I have been crucified with Christ..Nevertheless, I live, yet not I, but CHRIST LIVES IN ME"

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Ambassador Janet Garvey versus Clement Zabloiski; A Conflict of Choice, Intellect and Vision

By Ntemfac Aloysius Nchwete Ofege

Trying times these. No, make that interesting times. Come with me for a stroll down memory lane for a minute, will you?

At the 896th UN General Assembly on October 6, 1959, informed by various reports from its Consul General in Lagos, John K. Emerson on the true desires of the goodly peoples of the Southern Cameroons, the government of the USA delegated its Ambassador to the United Nations, Clement J. Zabloiski, to vote for the independence and sovereignty of the Southern Cameroons when the issue came up.

On April 21, 1961, the United States of America led 50 countries to vote for the independence of Southern Cameroons.

Following that vote Ambassador Clement J. Zabloiski said, “The USA had voted for resolution 1350 (XIII) and still finds its provisions satisfactorily. The USA congratulates the people of the Southern Cameroons for their accession to auto determination as it constitutes the will of the population who wants to run its affairs democratically. The government and the opposition parties of the Southern Cameroons unfortunately have not come to an agreement, however, there is no reason to deny the population of the Southern Cameroons a brief, the results of a hurried choice imposed on the population of the Trust Territory would be catastrophic for their political future.”

Speaking for India, Ambassador Krishna Menon in reply to Mr. Stavropoulos, the Trusteeship Council Legal Adviser, said, “In this regard, my delegation sees no reason why the Southern Cameroons shall not achieve independence on the same date like Nigeria and Northern Cameroons”.

Today, FIFTY (50) years later, where is that independence that the United States of America voted for? In the wake of current resolute moves by Southern Cameroonian nationalists to acquire a fundamental human right like self-determination, Janet Garvey, current US Ambassador to the Cameroons expressed the following considered? view on the Southern Cameroons Question. She was speaking at a Hilton Silver Spring town hall meeting on Sunday, October 11, 2009. 

Reacting to a question from a Southern Cameroons activist said: « There is a history, there is a past but let us move forward. The future of Cameroon is to be truly bilingual and this is a bonus for her especially in the sub region as there is no other country with this “blessing.” There certainly are concerns and issues but let us build on the strengths. »

Before her pronouncement, Ambassador Garvey underlined that she is the ambassador of the United States of America to the Cameroons and consequently cannot be meddling in the internal affairs of well…the Southern Cameroons. She then proceeded to do just that by endorsing the « National Unity and National Integration » twaddle which constitute the basis of attempts by the majoritarian government of La Republique du Cameroun to annex and subsume the Southern Cameroons.

Limbe Chiefs Want Victoria Name Reinstated
Friday, October 30, 2009

By Francis Tim Mbom

Some Chiefs and Quarter Heads in Limbe are demanding that the historical name of the town, "Victoria" be re-instated.

The chiefs made their intention known Saturday, October 24, to the Limbe City Council Government Delegate, Andrew Monjimba Motanga, through the Chairman of the Royal Traditional Council of Chiefs and Quarter Heads, Chief Emmanuel Matute Mbene. The Chiefs argue that renaming the town that was named after Queen Victoria for the name of a German colonialist, Limbeigh, was not alright if the history of the town has to be preserved.

"The name of this town should be changed back to the name of Victoria," Chief Mbene said, adding that "the history of the naming of streets has been distorted. Colonial names of streets have been wiped out and this is tantamount to eradicating the history of this town." Mbene presented a catalogue of other problems and suggestions which he said they (Chiefs and Quarter Heads) think can enhance the growth of Limbe.
 

They, among other things, suggested that the building of public toilets could help improve on public hygiene in the city. They also were of the view that the tourism sector of this "Town of Friendship" could be boosted if the Council took steps to develop the string of Islands doted in the sea. In response, Motanga affirmed that some of the problems were already within his grasp and that they could jointly look for solutions but that there were other demands which he could not handle. On the issue of a new Paramount Chief which the Chiefs also raised, he said the administration would handle it.

He said he was planning to hold an enlarged meeting with the Chiefs to discuss more on the 150th Anniversary celebrations of Limbe. But another group of Chiefs, the Limbe Sub-divisional Chiefs' Conference led by Chief Samuel Epupa Ekum of Dikolo, had a few months back, opposed the raison d'etre behind the 150th Anniversary celebrations and declared their non-participation.

According to them, they cannot be celebrating when they don't have a new paramount chief. Besides, they said they could not also be happy celebrating when most of all that Limbe had in the old days: a functional deep sea port at Bota, the National Produce Marketing Board, Cameroon Bank, promised tar factory, cement factory, shipyard and many other economic holdings that used to exist are no where to be found today.

But unlike Chief Ekum and his colleagues, Chief Matute Mbene said "the anniversary was being organised by the administration and they as auxiliaries were answerable to the administration."

Source: http://thepostwebedition.com/Content.aspx?ModuleID=1&ItemID=2100

“Sometimes the words of protest are the only words we can speak clearly in the face of complex forces of evil woven into the fabric of our lives and world. We cannot always see or name the way forward. Further, no liberation front or political or social program can be identified with the reign of God. But even the cry of protest is a word of grace that moves us to resistance and to searching for another way. The beginning of finding a new path is speaking the truth of what clearly is not God’s will for human life ….” Catherine of Siena

BUEA IS BURNING AND SOUTHERN CAMEROONS UNDER ATTACK

Fellow Southern Cameroonian

The Southern Cameroons intelligence Bureau headquarters can confirm that Buea is burning as southern Cameroonians gathered at the Molyko statuim to attend a rally and Press Conference organized by the RG, SCAPO and SCNC to sensitize Southern Cameroonians on the Banjul Verdict after the lies told by LRC’s minister of communication Isa Tchiroma.

Our sources confirmed that about 4500 Southern Cameroonians had been barricaded in the stadium by combine forces of police, gendarmes and the military. Military helicopters are flying over the stadium as trucks of soldiers are being ferried to Buea from Man-o-war bay, Tiko, Douala and Baffoussam. Even after authorizing the rally, the SDO for Buea was forced to call in the forces of repression after receiving orders from his bosses in Yaounde. As we write, teargas is being used all over the stadium and its neighborhood.

Southern Cameroons leaders present at the Molyko stadium includes, the SCNC National Chairman, HRH Chief Ayamba, SCNC  Deputy Secretary General Mr Arrey Besong,  Martin Fon Yembe, LDA president; Mola Njoh Litumbe, Barristers Bobga, Ajong Stanislus etc etc,

National and International press were also present.

We’ll bring you more update as this story develops.

If you’ll need to get additional information from Buea, use the contacts below:

Martin Fon Yembe Tel: +23797039491

Simon Ful Ngwa  Tel:  +23777038127/ 99140238

B. Mathis Arrey Tel: +23777132752

Akongoh Innocent Ngwa Tel: +23799469879

 Fondoh Cletus Tel: +23777852178

Elad Simon Tel: +23733322490

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“Sometimes the words of protest are the only words we can speak clearly in the face of complex forces of evil woven into the fabric of our lives and world. We cannot always see or name the way forward. Further, no liberation front or political or social program can be identified with the reign of God. But even the cry of protest is a word of grace that moves us to resistance and to searching for another way. The beginning of finding a new path is speaking the truth of what clearly is not God’s will for human life ….” Catherine of Siena