Crisis In NW, SW Regions: Partners Urged To Support Peace Measures

The eldest Member of the National Assembly, Hon. Enow Tanjong focused on the raging socio-political crisis in the North West and South West Regions as he chaired the opening plenary sitting of the March ordinary session of Parliament for the 2019 legislative year on March 12, 2019. The session has come within the backdrop of voices raised on several instances to denounce the violation of human rights in tacking the crisis.

Taking the arson in the Kumba District Hospital as tip of the iceberg in some of the worse atrocities committed by the secessionist fighters, the eldest member of the National Assembly who is heading the provisional bureau addressed a solidarity message to the international community. “Your excellencies, Ambassadors and Representatives of international organisations, you who are privileged witnesses of Cameroon’s efforts, may I through you appeal for the international community’s solidarity, understanding and objectivity in the handling of the crisis in the North West and South West Regions of Cameroon.”

After outlining a series of measures and initiatives government has taken to resolve the crisis and bring back peace to the two restive English-speaking regions, Hon. Enow Tanjong declared, “I request our bilateral and multilateral partners to support these measures and initiatives. I am convinced that by so doing, they will contribute to put a final end to the crisis.” Members of the National Assembly on their part, he said, should encourage all meaningful initiatives for peace. Hon. Enow Tanjong also expressed the satisfaction of the National Assembly for the resumption of the crusade to fight against the embezzlement of public funds and corruption dubbed “Operation Sparrow Hawk.”

He said the fight is a necessary action, a moral hygiene action. He stated that, “At the time Cameroon is resolutely embarked on the path to emergence, embezzlement of public funds is real danger, a major obstacle to the advancement of th...