Pierre Mila Assouté, former member of the Central Committee of President Paul Biya’s CPDM party
Pierre Mila Assouté, former member of the Central Committee of President Paul Biya’s CPDM party, has told Cameroonians that power belongs to them and that it is time they take it back preferably through the ballot box.
Mila who is now President of the Democratic Movement for Modern Cameroon (DMMC) party is determined to oust Biya despite calls for him not only to stand for re-election but to organize early presidential election.
“I am going to end my exile and come home to defend my nation in the next presidential electoral competition be them anticipated or not,” The Post newspaper quoted him as saying in a declaration. He intends to attempt standing for presidential election for the third time. The first two attempts were foiled through the rejection of his candidature.
He considers another amendment of the Constitution and the re-nomination of 83-year-old Biya to stand for anticipated election as a heresy, a kind of madness and phobia that has partially attacked the political elite of Cameroon.
The constitution, he said, “expressly prohibits the exercise of sovereignty by a fraction of the people, talk less of pressure groups.” Adding that; “State power is not private property.”
For Mila, “It is not acceptable that we watch a faction of people destroy Cameroon. The notorious adventurers with corrupt consciences placed in public affairs and with a strange notion of the State who want chaos will answer for their actions.”
To send away the notorious adventurers, he says, “The next presidential elections in Cameroon, be them anticipated or not, is a long awaited opportunity for the youths to chase out the predators and restore order in the city.”
