Where is the incredible disappearance Biya ?

Three weeks after the end of the Francophonie Summit in Montreux in Switzerland, President Paul Biya and his wife, the first Lady Chantal Biya are still not yet back to Cameroon where state medias have described his presence at the summit as < President Paul Biya emerged at the weekend Montreux summit as one of those ready to energize the Francophonie so that it becomes a stronger force on the world scene...>

So Biya appeared as someone after 28 years in power in Cameroon and a huge increase of poverty and corruption, who will energize the Francophonie. Biya has gone AWOL for more than 21 days after the end of the Francophonie summit and in Cameroon it looks normal for authorities to not knowing where is the president.

 Incredible. In the 21 century and in a democratic state like Cameroon, where they say that there is a freedom of information, only few are aware of Biya whereabouts. For the moment there is no information available about the whereabouts of the president and his wife.

And this is not the first time authorities in Cameroon are in a situation where they cannot give first and credible information about the head of state whereabouts. How come someone who has been described as the energiser of the la Francophonie around the world cannot tell his own people what he is doing and what is his intention and even program after the summit.

Some in the government say that the president normally advise them that everyone should do all they could and can to make the country move and do their job,

Paul Biya is to put himself at the helm of the Cameroon`s economic recovery. For sure and not the worst at the moment, Paul Biya might have been invited as a guest at the G20 summit in Seoul, South Korea where he was expected to lobby new investors and members of the financial international organization like the World Bank and the IMF and others organisation there and also accept some invitations to attend summit and conference next year around the world..

The president`decision to risk some of his political capital seems to be based on the belief that he would be criticised more if he did not make the extra personal effort to go out there and speak personally to those investors who because of the many reports recently published and not in favor of Cameroon, like the 15th annual report for Transparency International on the Corruption Perception Index where Cameroon is sharing the same position now with Zimbabwe and also the Doing business from the World Bank,  are still reluctant to take a risk and invest their billions of dollars or euros in Cameroon.

Biya in Seoul even non officially will meet members of the Fifa and discuss for example the building of stadium in Cameroon and also the football program in Africa as a whole. Biya will also take time to follow his children education performance as they are registered there for education and also the first lady has some business there to have an eye on it. Also the president use to take time off for a check up on his heart as he has a heart condition problem link with his age..

But the problem is that the president normally takes his holidays even without informing members of his own administration. There is a huge blackout with the way he is managing the country and also horrendous for people to not been informed. It might be true that wherever he is around the world, Paul Biya is working in connection with those who are back home.

But there can be no guarantees from authorities in cameroon that they are aware of exactly where and what the president is being doing outside the country. Blackout of public information is one of the key force of Biya politic in dealing with people. Once back home Paul Biya will address certainly cameroonian people and the state media. Biya wants to reinvigorate his national political party ahead of the presidential election next year...