After 29 unbroken years as President of Cameroon with 27 unchallenged years as national president of the Cameroon People Democratic Movement CPDM, Paul Biya who has just back in Yaounde from a respite in Switzerland according to sources, will launch ahead of the national youth day on February 11 a major charm offensive aimed at corporate Cameroon and youth, which are yet to be persuaded by the president`s plan to stimulate growth.
Every significant decision affecting Cameroon`s over 19 million people is first discussed and approved by a handful of men who sit on the party's political bureau (politburo), the nexus of all power in Cameroon and Biya has been chairing that for over 27 years.
How the politburo operates is secret and unclear. But its meetings are thought to be regular and frequent, often characterised by blunt speaking and disagreement and there are no places for the youth inside that special think-tank for the moment.
It will be a huge political challenge for Paul Biya, who is preparing to give his own political vision and perception of the future of Cameroon with the youth leading reforms and development with the irreversible transition of power amid fears within the government that it is failing to sell its reforms and promises to the youth specially and the public in general.
Paul Biya today is concerned that some of its keys ideas such allowing the youth to take control of many keys areas in politic and in government are becoming confused in the minds of Young's voters with the rise of unemployment amount Young's graduates from state universities and colleges..
Some government ministers who are afraid to publicly express themselves think that decisions they have made are not always acted upon, and also feel that some initiatives are being quietly dropped when the youth think that ministers have forgotten them
Mr Biya is thought to be planning to express some of these frustrations in his speech on the national youth day eve on February the 10th. He is likely to argue reforms are vital for the growth and the development of the Cameroon economy.
But there is anger and frustration amount the youth and in the government.
Every significant decision affecting Cameroon`s over 19 million people is first discussed and approved by a handful of men who sit on the party's political bureau (politburo), the nexus of all power in Cameroon and Biya has been chairing that for over 27 years.
It will be a huge political challenge for Paul Biya, who is preparing to give his own political vision and perception of the future of Cameroon with the youth leading reforms and development with the irreversible transition of power amid fears within the government that it is failing to sell its reforms and promises to the youth specially and the public in general.
Paul Biya today is concerned that some of its keys ideas such allowing the youth to take control of many keys areas in politic and in government are becoming confused in the minds of Young's voters with the rise of unemployment amount Young's graduates from state universities and colleges..
Some government ministers who are afraid to publicly express themselves think that decisions they have made are not always acted upon, and also feel that some initiatives are being quietly dropped when the youth think that ministers have forgotten them
Mr Biya is thought to be planning to express some of these frustrations in his speech on the national youth day eve on February the 10th. He is likely to argue reforms are vital for the growth and the development of the Cameroon economy.
But there is anger and frustration amount the youth and in the government.
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