The coalition of rebel groups within the main political party and the opposition fighting to remove Paul BIYA from power has always been a loose one. Its has been held together by the hatred of common enemy.
The rag-tag group is made up of brigades and battalions, each with different ideologies and visions for what a future Cameroon will look like from radical traditionalists fighting any kind of international intervention to secular nationalists in favour of real democracy with the departure of Biya and his inner circle of close friends.
With such unassailable visions it was perhaps inevitable that these groups would eventually fight each other. That moment appears to have arrived and the opposition has now turned their weapons on each other.
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On September 30, 2013 more than 5.1 million of registered Cameroonians on a real potential of more than 12 million will decide on who to represent them in the parliament and in councils around the country.
There are 180 seats for the parliament and more than 320 positions for the councils. Biyas administration has been involved in a bitter row over his plans to overhaul the party's links with businesses. There is still time to chance all that within an united vision from the opposition. The most immediate effect will be a weakening of the coalition where rebels inside parties are battling against each other.
Britain and Us have been forthcoming in expressing their desire to support moderate elements in Cameroon, but have been constrained by fear that any military equipment they send might easily been used to crack down political opponents and abuse human rights.
Britain and Us have been forthcoming in expressing their desire to support moderate elements in Cameroon, but have been constrained by fear that any military equipment they send might easily been used to crack down political opponents and abuse human rights.
A national convention including the RDPC must be formed after the September 30 general election to offer " Cameroonians" the chance to decide their future as part of the Central of Africa. If the coalition of rebel groups wins the election, the RDPC and his coalition partners should see a National convention as a constructive way to decide on the country's future, Hafis Ruefli leader of the CCC and also seen as the " candidate president" in waiting is proposing.
Hafis thinks that " after 23 years of divided opposition now is the time to consciously ask deeper questions about who we are, what we want for future generations and what kind of nation we want to be". He will say in a major speech that the convention he advocates could set out the path of Cameroon for the next 10 years.
