Biya’s Bye-bye Package to Cameroonians

At last, President Paul Biya is preparing the stage to quit the unity palace for good. The recent on-going reforms he is introducing in the country leaves no one indifferent that he is tactfully trying to please Cameroonians before checking out of government.

To begin with, Biya on his own called for the recompilation of voters registration and introduced biometric voter registration to ensure free, fair and transparent elections in the country.

After the call for biometric registration, CPDM who resisted change, drafted the electoral laws poorly. The opposition led by the SDF, protested and in this on-going parliamentary session, Biya recalled the bill for electoral code and made amendments without anybody forcing him to do that. Even the very critical SDF parliamentarians like Cyprian Awudu Mbaya, congratulated Biya for a job well done.

If things work as Biya is doing, there is no gain saying that there would be free, fair and transparent elections in Cameroon.

Beside, the Head of State, Paul Biya, has again instituted budgeting programme and the Ministry of Public Works for the first time, has a good chunk of the 2013 budget more than the defense ministry meaning that he intends to transform Cameroon into a vast chantier for road construction and hydro-electricity power (HEP) especially the construction of Menchum hydro-electricity power and another HEP on river Katsina Alas in Furawa Menchum Division of the North West Region including the much talk about double lane express road between Douala and Yaounde.

One of Biya’s bye-bye package is the fight against corruption from all fronts like the Anti Corruption unit (CONAC), supreme state audit and special courts. The only problem is the fact that petit thieves like the police and gendarmes are left out although recently, he has created a special status for the policemen to better their situation apparently to cause them stay clear of the 500frs bribe from motorists along the streets.