By RFIPosted on 04-10-2019Modified on 04-10-2019 at 04:07

The "grand national dialogue" ends this Friday, October 4 in Cameroon with the official closing ceremony. In particular, it advocates decentralization and provides for a special status for the two English-speaking regions, effectively eliminating the federalism demanded by several Anglophone personalities.

This meeting was convened by the Head of State to bring peace to the two English-speaking regions of the Southwest and North-West. The reports of the eight committees were adopted in plenary on Thursday.

" The commission makes the following recommendations, likely to provide answers to the crisis in the North West and South West regions. In the gallery, the rapporteur of the commission on decentralization has announced nine motions for resolutions.

" The granting of a special status to the North-West and South-West regions, the removal of the status of delegate of the appointed government provided for under the special regime applicable to certain agglomerations. "

The guardianship of the state will be reduced substantially. As for the question of the transfer of resources to local authorities, the commission proposes a range of 10 to 15% of the state revenue.

Another recommendation: " The participants insisted on the need for the establishment of a road map, a chronogram and a body for monitoring the implementation of the recommendations. "

These resolutions do not imply any modification of the Constitution. Decentralization is already enshrined in the 1996 Constitution, but it was never actually implemented.

The "grand dialogue" also calls for the creation of a "Truth, Justice and Reconciliation" commission, the strengthening of English in government and public services and the introduction of dual citizenship for the diaspora. All resolutions will be submitted to the appreciation of the Head of State.

It is obvious that at the end of this dialogue, there will be calm and serenity in both regions. Already, the situation is under control but I think it will be a better situation again after the dialogue. I remain optimistic that this craze will lead Cameroonians to understand that it is useless to take up arms against his country.

Paul Atanga Nji

04-10-2019 - By Carine Frenk

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