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The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Social
Democratic Front (SDF) met in Bamenda on 26th and 27th
October 2002 under the Chairmanship of the National
Chairman, NI John FRU NDI to examine issues concerning
the party and the national and international scenes
and took the following resolutions:
I. ON THE PARTY:
• Considering the Constitution and the Internal
Regulations of the SDF;
• Considering the resolutions of the Yaoundé - 1999
and the Bamenda - 2001 Conventions of the Party;
• Considering the resolutions of previous NEC
meetings;
• Considering the activities of the “Socialist Women
Forums”; ;
• Considering the extended reports of the Provincial
Chairpersons on the twin elections of 30th June and
the by-elections of 15th September 2002; ;
• Considering the recent tour of the National Chairman
in the UK, Belgium, Germany and France ;
THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
• Directs the “Socialist Women Forums” to work within
the structures of the party;
• Once more congratulates militants and sympathisers
of the SDF, and indeed, all Cameroonian voters for the
successful and unsuccessful efforts they made to cast
their vote for the SDF lists during the twin
elections;
• Re-iterates the faith of the SDF in the ballot box
as the only civilised channel for the expression of
the will of the sovereign people;
• Expresses great concern at the gross disrespect of
this sovereignty by the Biya regime;
• Views with great concern, impunity in electoral
matters, which is becoming established as a culture by
the regime;
• Directs the Legal Advisers of the party to institute
legal action against D.O.s, S.D.O.s and all other
persons who have been breaking what are supposed to be
the electoral laws with all impunity;
• Directs the Secretary General of the party to send
an official letter to the Secretary General of the
CPDM to invite his party to another round of CPDM/SDF
talks, like the one in 1997/98, to seek avenues to
perfect the electoral system in Cameroon;
• Takes note of the loss of membership of the
following militants, under section 8.2 of the party
constitution, as decided by their structures:
• Ndzie Joseph, President, Yaoundé VI Electoral
District,
• Kwanga Samuel Nkan, President of Bum Electoral
District;
• Decides to suspend the membership of the following
members of the party for investigation:
• Tchapon François, President, Douala III.2 Electoral
District,
• Tambou Etienne, Representative of the SDF Municipal
list in Mbouda,
• Lamago Albert, alternate parliamentary candidate for
Babadjou Electoral District;
• Sindze David, Divisional Co-ordinator, Mifi,
• Noumba Serge, out-going MP, Mifi,
• Komokcheua Isaac, President, Yaoundé II Electoral
District;
• Directs the various NEC Commissions to work as a
co-ordinated team to ensure permanent rapid rebuttals
and the articulation of the policies and programmes of
the party;
• Directs especially the Secretariat for Education &
Training to be more present in the field within the
structures of the party;
• Directs the Communication Secretariat of the Party
to be more vigorous and dynamic in the communication
of the positions of the party on issues of public
interest;
• Once more calls on members of the SDF not only to be
versed in values of social democracy like solidarity,
social justice, compassion, decency, equality of
opportunity but to actually live them;
• Decides to send teams to the field to listen to the
base of the party;
• Thanks and congratulates militants and sympathiser
of the Party in the UK, Belgium, Germany and France
for their hospitality during the Chairman’s contact
tour ;
• Urges them in the Diaspora to redouble their efforts
not only in building and strengthening the structures
of the party in their countries of residence but also
in sensitising international public opinion on the
stalled democratisation process in Cameroon;
II. ON THE NATIONAL SCENE:
• Considering the frustration and total
disillusionment caused by a failed electoral system;
• Considering the absence of small change in coins
(CFA 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100 and 500) and paper (CFA
500, 1000, 2000) in the society;
• Considering the long absence of the Head of State
from the country;
THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
• Expresses its appreciation at the enormous
sacrifices Cameroonians have made during the last
twelve years in the hope that things will get better
in our country;
• Is aware that the people are looking up to the
Opposition to come up with a way out of the mess in
which our country finds itself;
• Therefore reminds leaders of the Opposition that a
strong and united Opposition will be more effective in
serving the interest of the nation;
• Reminds Cameroonians that there is no alternative to
summoning our last strength to push forward the
struggle;
• Affirms that it is our historic duty to ensure that
the yoke of the one-party system is never imposed on
our country again;
• Calls on the Cameroonian people neither to resign
themselves to their frustrations and anxieties, nor
loose interest in politics as this would be an
acceptance of Biya’s mockery of Cameroon and its
people;
• Is convinced that a little more effort and
patriotism will be a good price for each Cameroonian
to pay for our liberties and the liberties of
posterity;
• Regrets that the present fear and resignation of the
people is misinterpreted as “security” and “peace” by
the regime, in spite of the seeds of indignation and
outrage that have been sown by the regime, that will
surely stir the nation tomorrow;
• Reminds Cameroon Civil Society that this is the
Century of Civil Society, judging from achievements of
international Civil Society with respect to the
Bretton Woods Institutions, Globalisation, World
Trade, and the role demanded of it in the HIPC
programme, NEPAD, the ACP/EU Cotonou Accord, etc.;
• Regrets that the undemocratic laws in place in
Cameroon do not allow the emergence of a strong Civil
Society to play the new role demanded of it;
• Challenges Civil Society to overcome these obstacles
and play their historic role of fighting for the
rights of citizens;
• Condemns the absence of small change in coins and
paper in our society;
• Vehemently condemns the conspiracy of the Central
and Commercial Banks to unilaterally withdraw such
small change from circulation;
• Notes that the withdrawal disrupts commercial
exchanges of the public, causes unnecessary inflation
and daily financial and time losses in commercial
exchanges;
• Condemns Corporations like SONEL, SNEC, CAMTEL,
etc., which exploit the consumer by fixing consumption
costs in these currency units that are not in
circulation;
• Condemns the serious failure of the government in
the management of this deplorable situation;
• Vehemently condemns the long absence of Mr. Biya
from Cameroon;
• Considers over 50 days of absence without
justification to the nation as total abandonment of
the post of President of the Republic;
• Regrets that this vacuum is created when the
sovereignty of the nation is threatened;
• Considers the sovereignty of the people and national
sovereignty as issues of equal importance to the
nation;
• Compares this lack of consideration for the
sovereignty of the nation to his well known lack of
consideration for the sovereignty of the Cameroonian
people who have been repeatedly refused the
possibility to exercise it at elections;
• Decides to publish a special press release on this
insult to the nation;
III. ON THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE:
• Considering the participation of the National
Chairman at the recent Labour Party Convention in the
UK and his subsequent contacts in Europe;
• Considering the ruling of the International Court of
Justice on Bakassi;
• Considering Nigeria’s declared refusal of the
verdict;
• Considering the instability of elected governments
in Africa;
• Considering the increase in violence around the
world;
• Considering the recent Presidential elections in
Brazil;
THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
• Expresses our gratitude to the Labour Party of the
UK for once more not only inviting the SDF but also
making it possible for its representative to attend
the Convention ;
• Thanks the Convention Organising Committee and other
officials of the Labour Party for the warm reception
and the opportunity provided us to share views with
officials of other sister parties invited to the
Convention ;
• Expresses our gratitude to the Foreign and
Commonwealth Office for the opportunity given the
National Chairman to extend his contacts, not only to
their Department but also to some International
Organisations ;
• Further expresses gratitude to all personalities the
National Chairman met and exchanged views with in
Government Departments and International Organisations
in the UK, Belgium, Germany and France;
• Welcomes with great joy and relief, the decision of
the International Court of Justice in favour of
Cameroon over the Bakassi peninsula;
• Reiterates our respect for international law and its
vindication of Cameroon’s right over its territory;
• Once more reiterates that the rule of law at the
international and national levels is most appropriate
for settling disputes and for ensuring that national
and world affairs are conducted in transparent and
fair manner;
• Regrets that Nigeria that made a pledge to respect
the ruling has reneged on the pledge;
• Urges the continued use of the UN system for the
resolution of the conflict;
• Consequently, calls on the Cameroonian authorities
to take the case of the occupation of Cameroonian
territory by Nigeria to the Security Council;
• Vehemently condemns the general instability of
governments, as evidenced by the military rebellions
in Côte d'Ivoire and the Central African Republic;
• Reiterates the SDF’s believe that it is the absence
of free and fair elections and the tribalisation of
politics and institutions of the state that lead to
the instability of elected governments in Africa;
• Calls for a Universal Declaration of Democratic
Elections for emerging democracies, like is the case
with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;
• Vehemently condemns the recent acts of terrorism in
Indonesia, Philippine, Russia, the USA, Jordan,
Israel, Palestine, etc.;
• Once more reaffirms our trust in dialogue, social
justice and the respect of the dignity of Man as the
best approach for the resolution of conflicts around
the world;
• Congratulates the Brazilian people for their
democratic maturity which once more saw alternation of
power through the ballot box;
• Warmly congratulates President-elect Luis Inacio Lula
Da Silva for his brilliant victory at the election.
The next NEC meeting will hold on 14th December 2002.
Bamenda, 27th October 2002
NI John FRU NDI
National Chairman
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