President Sarkozy Rejects another Biya term … endorses popular revolution

Intro by Innocent Chia & Translation by Philip Acha

Original Article by Survie.org

Like an amputation without anesthesia, French President Nicolas Sarkozy has thrown African French puppet Presidents under the proverbial bus as popular risings pick up momentum from the typhoon winds blowing down on the rest of Africa from the North.

A shortlist of measures contained in a new French Foreign Policy towards former French colonies in Africa specifically warns Paul Biya against running for another term in October 2011. Not only is Sarkozy acknowledging the disenfranchised, he is winking at them by making known his plans to withdraw French military support so that drug-heads of Biya’s ilk do not resort to deploying French resources against the masses a la drowning Ghadafi of Libya. Will French Cameroonians take the cue from this huge shift in policy?

 French support of dictators: Changing at last?! 
Following the announcement by the President of a new line in French foreign policy, the association Survie welcomes the first concrete steps that should be announced  by the new ministers in view of severing French support for African dictators.

Following the announcement on Sunday evening February 27, 2011 by Nicolas Sarkozy that "we should have one goal: to accompany, support, help the people who chose to be free" and that "we must do everything to make sure that newly found hope does not die ", the new executive has decided to anticipate people's movements throughout the former" sphere of influence ". Hours before official announcements to be made (last night) by the new ministers of defense and foreign affairs, the association Survie learned with relief that France wanted to finally act decisively against allied regimes that do not portray enough democratic guarantees.

Among the measures to be announced this evening, Survie welcomes these in particular:
• recall to France of hundreds of military advisers and officers present in Cameroon, Gabon, Togo, Morocco, Djibouti, Madagascar, Burkina Faso, Chad, Central Africa, Mauritania, etc.. ;

• the complete and final closure of the French military bases in Gabon, Senegal, Chad (Operation Sparrowhawk), Djibouti and Abu Dhabi;

• the freezing of financial assets and seizing of ill-gotten wealth of all dictators on French territory, including the mansion recently purchased by the Gabonese State on Rue de l'Universite in Paris;

• suspension of bilateral budgetary support to Cameroon and Chad if Paul Biya and Idriss Deby do not give up standing for elections expected this year;

• a public audit of Bercy services on investments by French-owned multinational companies located in states where human rights are not respected;

• cancellation of the recent decree awarding the Legion of Honor to Jean-Dominique Okemba, pillar of the regime of Sassou Nguesso, and the  posthumous appointments of opponents Bruno Ossebi Congolese and Chadian Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh and President of the Central African League for Human Rights, Goungaye.

Certainly, if the information transmitted informally to the association Survie are confirmed, this could lead to falling shares of Areva, Total and the CAC 40, even if it is the price to pay for a responsible foreign policy. However, if they are ultimately not officially announced by the government, it will show once again that Nicolas Sarkozy is good with words, but does nothing to change the French criminal policy of support to dictatorships in Africa.

 

Comments

[ErdiSamuels]

What a silly piece of writting! This is just wishfull thinking and unserious journalism.
I am saying so becoz it would be too much change of a sudden and I wonder if such a move which I myself would view as "too good to be true" is possible?

[likakene]

May the wind of change blow fromm north to south, and may the tremor that follows not spear the criminals who have been protected for so long by this criminal nation of France. May lightning and thunder destroy the French Republic and all similar imperialists who maintain a choke hold on our homeland.

[Lienghotue Gideon]

We will be glad to see such a change. Whether he implement these policy or note, they are bound tosuffer the consequence. A new world order is on the way. It is unbelievable that French speaking colonies are underdevelope and less democratic becas of leader who have run out of ideals and disconnected from reality.Biya has not deliver in 29yrs and hope to do so in 37yrs. The consequence is too much. When countries freezes a falling dictator, assets, the country suffer. Civil war is luming in sb sahara Africa. It's time the French embraze a democratic africa.Africans are moving out becos of no hope but a democratic society with job will permit us to go back home. Sakozy please do something. Don't wait untill there is war b4 you started talking of sanction.

[jackson umenjoh]

the french policy have already failed in afriaca and else where the is no room for such policy. too late mr president if achaully those are new compersation for africans why do you wait untill now sir
jackson 1 feb 3 2011

[rafiki]

Those would be the hugest changes in the frogosphere in lifetime. Sarkozy should be especially wary of those billionaires he would tick off. When de Gaulle decided to pull out from Algeria, such reactionary forces OAS, were triggered that almost assassinated him! If this is real, watch your back, Sarko, because francafrique is riddled with nasty intelligence types

[Tagro]

Africans, do not fall for this rubbish. This is Public Relations at its worst. If the French are leaving, they should be shot on their way out! They have too much African blood on their hands.

[Gan Charles]

Be careful when spreading unconfirmed rumors.

[Felix]

Even if the French are insane, they cannot shoot themselves on the legs like this. How do you cut off the finger that feeds you?.why did france never made such a step pirior to Egypt and Tunisia knowing too well how africans are suffering.
Where do all the billions they used to support these dictators end up if not back to France, EU and US?
Biya can boast of Mansions in Europe while his people cannot have a toilet and they die every day of cholera.
The people who are Animals, subhuman’s or slaves here are the Africans themselves(including me), Starting from the Dictators. The only way towards awareness is the way the Tunisian shows us, our fore fathers did it in the USA, so why can’t we do it in Cameroon.
We see how humiliate Mubarak was and is. He could not belief his eyes when his backer turns against him. Even Israel was surprised at the speed at which Europe and US took. The Tunisian dictator who thought he was more French than being a Tunisian was and is afraid to take refuge in France, what a controversy, how can you (dictators) live your life in perpetual fear.
Where will Paul Biya go, if we are bold enough to Undo him?. This should be better topic for wishful thinking and speculation than writing about Manners to fall from our small god "Sarkozy"

[Wanle]

Innocent, I will certainly "Thomas" this one

[J. Dinga]

Do not forget that Sarkozy is preparing for the elections ahead!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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We are tired with all this lies telling, we want action not promises. When did France start opening her own anus?

[Bertrand Obi]

French colonies are the least developed and least democratic of all colonies in the world. The french Government herself is ashame, Thats why Sarkozy is trying to do a revolution. this is the best time he can do it with the presence of the hurricane wind of change.Time has come when those dictators will fall at a free fall rate respecting the gravitational pull of the wind of change.

[Pierro H-Town]

Camerooniians.To hell with the "Rigour and Moralization" B...S. Biya used this to calm down the Tempest for over a quarter century.
Fellow Cameroonians,it's not too late to wake up and smell the coffee.Do not wait any longer for the bus might leave us behind.This is our time,this is our moment..Lets seize the moment. The wind of change is again crusading through Africa.The first apparently was to disentangle us from the imperialists.Although their stronghold still lingers within our system,this time we must first clean up our own houses from those indoctrinated dictators,then later confront the western parasites.Sarkosy works for french interest,so please never trust these guys.We nolonger quest for french or western puppets in Africa.Biya categorically has no choice but to go.He has definitely failed his people.Even if he were a God sent, his time has elapsed.Noone can proclaim self as the lifelong leader in a dynamic system.He got 30 good years to put ideas to work,but emphatically flunged.It's time for someoneelse to give a shot.It doesn't matter from which political organization the maverick emerges from.All we desperately need at this point in our nation is a new dedicated individual at the helm, who is ready to effect positive Advancement and the much sought nation building.Fellow countrymen,rise up.Join the movement on social media,FB,Twitter,Kamerun O'Bosso and lets mobilize on the anticipated date to outmass the Biya killing machine.We must make our voices heard. Beer and Matango is not the issue of today, for Biya appreciates when Cameroonians intoxicates themselves with these rubbishes that clouds their minds.

[Che Sunday]

Provided the replacements of the current breed of dictators are not French hand picked. Cameroonians are apt to start singing the praises of some near-sighted politicians as prospects to replace Biya, just because the hail from their hometown. I have seen this too often to hold my breath over any changes that might be coming our way. That said, it will be a relief seeing French troops out of Africa. Period. That will be one small step in de-francophonizing Africa.

[Amougou Macally]

Sarkozy, what a traitor. Together, we and France have ruled and profited. What a turncoat. Our friends in France will not let this happen, so you subversives keep dreaming. We and France will rule for another 100 years.

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[Ngwa K Kenneth Jah Mike]

It will be a ccomplete relieve if Mr Biya leaves power. All Cameroonians who truly love this country as well sa our friends abroad should join hands together to see this dream come true. In this light I might be staging two plays here and abroad to say good bye Mr President. Please join me with your contribution if you wish; so that together we can change the history of this country.

[jings]

After the capture of Laurent Bhagbo, can we say the French are getting serious? I sure think so.

[Bob Jss]

What Africans fail to understand is that freedom doesn't come without a fight. There is nobody in the world who is going to give you freedom if you don't fight for it especially when it's going to terribly affect their economy like the French economy. If the French African countries become democratic, it therefore means their presidents have to serve the interest of the people and not the French interest. The result is that the resources of these countries will be used to improve their standard of living and not the French. This will cause a huge economic crisis in France to the point that Cameroon will become far better than France. NATO (The greatest KKK) cannot let this happen. The French revolution was a fight for every French man's freedom. The American civil war was a fight for American freedom from the English imperialists. Africans also have to be bold enough and fight for their own freedom for nobody is going to give you freedom especially when it is going to affect their own standard of living. The North Africans have started the revolution. Please black Africans, don't stay behind as always. Fight for your right. Obama is already bombing Ghadafi for protecting his country's wealth against NATO imperialists. Don't trust Obama. He is a black man fighting for his mother's interest. That's why he is going to be a one term president because he forgot about the interest of the people who put him in power to fight for NATO's interest. Just look at his government. Can somebody name one person in Obama's government who is 100% black?

[Emma]

When these dictators were put in power we were not told. The oppressed should stand up and fight for their right period.

[Dr Peter Wuteh Vakunta]

French journalist and writer, Fanny Pigeaud, has laid bare Nicolas Sarkozy's roadmap for bona fide democratic transition in Cameroon in a book titled AU CAMEROUN DE PAUL BIYA.For those of you who boast a smattering of French, this book would be not only a rewarding read but an eye-opener as well.

Dr. Vakunta

[Amougou Macanass]

France, Sarkozy cannot give anyone freedom. It cannot come through elections, because the politics are totally corrupt and rigged. It has to come from the street, a rebellion, an insurrection, preferably peaceful. Biya is so afraid of that peaceful insurrection, that is why he sends well trained brutes to beat people to the pulp when they assemble. These revolts tend to start small and then build momentum so he tries to put out the fire when it is small. The smart leadership will try to figure out how to start big very fast. Biya is studying Syria, Libya, Israel, London and other places with recent insurrections for lessons. So too must the leaders of the next revolution.