SDF endorses presidential candidates in CAR, Burkina Faso and Niger

Cameroon’s leading opposition party, the Social Democratic Front (SDF) has overtly expressed support for Martin Ziguele, one of the candidates vying for the presidency in the general elections of December 27, in the Central African Republic.

SDF also supports the candidatures of Marcroche Kabore in this month’s election in Burkina Faso and that of Mamadou Youssouf in the presidential election in Niger.

These were some of the key resolutions agreed at the SDF National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting, in Bamenda, Saturday, November 14.The French language daily newspaper, Le Messager reported that the Social Democratic Front executive organ members used the occasion to congratulate the President of Guinea, Alpha Conde on his brilliant re-election last October 11, and also talked about the presidential election in Cote d’Ivoire of October 25, in which incumbent Alassane Ouattara was re-elected.

The Cameroon Journal also gathered that the SDF sent a condolence message to the socialist community in general and in particular, the people of Germany on the recent death of Helmut Schmitt, a senior official of the Social Democratic Party of the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel.

Le Messager equally disclosed that the SDF through its First Vice President, Osih Joshua has called on government to immediately reduce prices of petroleum products in the country. He said it was impossible that Cameroon a petroleum producing country should sell a litre of super at FCFA 650, while in other African countries some of which do not produce petrol, a litre of fuel cost FCFA 300 in filling stations.

Joshua said that the price of fuel in the country should match the price of a barrel of crude oil in the world market which for now is around 45 US Dollars.

The SDF’s call for a reduction in fuel prices came just at the period government and transporters trade unions stroke an agreement that stopped the plan strike of transporters that had to start on Monday, November 16. The transporters wanted to strike to force government reduce fuel prices at filling stations.