I'm not a dictator - Ni John Fru Ndi

The Chairman of the Social Democratic Front (SDF), Ni John Fru Ndi spoke about issues plaguing the country during a meeting with senators of his party and journalists.

It was organized in three phases. The press conference held at Hotel Mondial allowed to revisit issues on Boko Haram, debt, infrastructure, upcoming elections, the SDF after Fru Ndi, resignation or exclusion of different secretaries general of the SDF, corruption, etc. About dissidents of the SDF, Ni John Fru Ndi has wanted clear.

"All these dissidents believed that the SDF would disappear after them. Ben Muna resigned and went to create his party. You are best placed to tell me what it is today. Most of these secretaries general thought the party should be managed as in communist systems. The popularity of a leader comes from the vote at various conventions. Ben Muna was regularly beaten by other candidates. His resentment is understandable,” he said.

Ni John Fru Ndi, "discussed the NEC and 77 regular members from the ten regions of Cameroon sit, we therefore cannot prove that I am a dictator."

To Jules Elobo, the Magic Fm station manager who wanted to know if the SDF still had a future with its current leaders, Fru Ndi, visibly recovered, took advantage to make the SDF's record 25 years. "The SDF is the only party which proceeds by elections for the president and not by motions of confidence. If it was to be the end of my life today, I would go away happy! This is the contradiction of management that is the problem.”

To Assongmo Necdem of Le Jour which drove the nail by drawing parallels with the CPDM and news related to the last visit of the French president in Cameroon, inviting the chairman to make way for younger leaders, John Fru Ndi said: “It's not the same thing. I go through elections. To say that elections are some but far means nothing. Cameroon needs an electoral calendar. If elections are distant or as Biya said, what guarantees? It's a trick.”

Asked whether he was not accountable for the boycott of the 1992 elections in our country, the President of the SDF said that his party met for three days in Douala before making this decision.

"The electoral laws were not good and this is still the case to this day. We need a state that guarantees fair and transparent elections. I remember once and for all that we have not created the SDF to join the government; the real problem is the electoral system." The chairman refused to admit the failure of his party in relation to various elections.

"You cannot judge the SDF based on rigged elections," he stressed. Reacting to the debt of Cameroon, he said that "the current loan of FCFA 1.7 trillion recommended by Mr. Biya is irresponsible. Parliament should each decide on vital issues of our nation. We need a realistic budget." For him, we should vote a budget by region.

About Boko Haram, Ni John Fru Ndi invited Biya to convene PAN to get the list of extremists among us. "The interest of the nation depends on it."