Nkwen Fon’s Palace Transformed into CPDM Secretariat

Benjamin Ngah

Activities of the newly created Mezam IC section of the ruling Cameroon people democratic movement-CPDM are being monitored and carried out from the Nkwen Fon’s palace. Despite the embargo placed 1^st and 2^nd class Fon’s to stay clear of the reorganization process, the throne of Nkwen has tacitly gotten involved in the process by allocation parts of the palace to be used by the party. Observers have concluded that the aim is for the Fon to closely monitor the reorganization process in order to handpick his own choice for the presidency of Mezam IC section.

Lodging the party in the palace has not gone down well to many inhabitants of Nkwen who consider the Fon’s open declaration for the governing party as a total drift from the nonpartisan policy of his predecessor. His partisan political stand is not only causing friction amongst his elite, but is also estranging many who would have been instrumental in the development of the Fondom, some observers said.

This might be the explanation for the low pace at which militants of the party in the area are buying party cards. As of the Friday, the 30^th of October, 2015 the total number of party adherents stood at a dismal 3677. This number according to some CPDM stalwart in the area is fictitious. They claim that some party militants merely change their names in order to acquire double party cards and effect multiple voting during elections within the party.

During a meeting on Friday 30^th October, 2015 in the Nkwen Palace Hall, militants that turned out to assess the level of registration and the preparedness of the section for the impending election into the basic organs of the party were embarrassed at the figures presented so far. In fact the scene was chaotic and no one seemed to understand each other. Everyone had his or her own version of what the law says and how things should go. Since most of the resource persons from the central committee were absent, the disorder was total and militants got confused the more.

As of now, if the resource persons from the central committee headed by Doh Jerome are not constantly present to oversee the process in Mezam IC, the final situation might be unfortunate as internal strife would definitely take central stage. This would be at the detriment of a party which is barely crawling in the area.