I came across a former article which i published in January 2017, written by a supporter of the Ambazonian Liberation Struggle. I thought it wise to re-publish it for reflection. We all can review the TEN POINT ACTION Plan and see where we are today. What was true in January of 2017, can it be true now, and is the struggle on the right path or have we deviated and which is the way forward. Are we firm in our decision to liberate ourselves from the slavery and colonialism of the LRC or are we giving up any time soon? The struggle continues...
AMBAZONIA INDEPENDENCE ACTION PLAN by Christoph Messner
AMBAZONIA INDEPENDENCE ACTION PLAN by Christoph Messner
First, at the UN General
Assembly, www.un.org/ga, the already acknowledged nationalist and separatist
movement of “Southern Cameroons “should be officially renamed into “Ambazonia
Liberation Movement” or better “Ambaland Nation”, because nobody takes a
separation movement seriously, if it cannot even separate from the oppressor’s
name, and because “land” is sounding more like a full independent land and
state and nation than only a “zonia” or “zone” in somebody else’s territory.
The UN General Assembly has 193 seats and 55 of them are African and the
Ambazonia Independence Fighters need to convince all of them to vote for a new
resolution on the Ambazonia case.
Second, the Ambazonia Liberation
Movement (ALIM) and all other “Southern Cameroonian “Independence Movements and
Parties need to unite on the main demand which is full independence and they
should box out all voices from their committees, who claim obedience and foul
compromises with La Republique du Cameroun, because if you keep shaking hands
with your oppressor, exploiter, enemy and if you don’t fully cut and separate
with crooks and robbers, you will never gain anything! To reach this unity they
need to organize councils, elections and referenda, and if the winners of these
are pro full independence then the loosers, who still voted for staying in La
Republique, have to sign their acknowledgement of and compliance with the new
governing body of Ambazonia and its chain of command.
Thirdly, an Ambazonia TV/Radio
channel has to be established, either from Nigeria or from the internet, which
broadcasts the decisions and basic political educations of the New Ambazonian
Government round the clock. The peoples of Ambazonia need to understand, that
full independence means real sovereignty and that means own government, own
constitution, own army, own police, own currency, own control over all
territory and resources, own flag and own taxation, trade, political system
aso.. All contracts of positions in governing offices, which are occupyied by
hostile francophones from the enemy LRC are to be declared null and void. All
companies on the territory of Ambazonia are run by Ambazonians. The Peoples of
Ambazonia also shall know that the time of hiding and fearing foreign troops is
over. From now on we are ourselves! We are proud! We are equal to all other
full nations in the world! We don’t need former colonizers OK anymore for being
ourselves and having our own state and nation! We Are Ambazonians!
Fourth, all officials, employees
and workers of Ambazonia are to be paid in the new currency Amba. Military and
Police, who is loyal to Ambazonia gets higher salary than from Yaounde. The
Ambazonian National Bank can print the Amba already in exile and spread it in
Ambazonia, while 1 Amba has the value of 1 Dollar for example. For strategic
reasons the currency can be called Amba-Dollar or Amba-Euro for a period of
transitition time. The covering security of the whole currency is the sum of
all natural resources and real estates in Ambazonia, which is incredibly much
and a safe value, if these resources and lands are controlled by the
Ambazonians. If you don’t trust your new Amba currency, then ask yourself, how
can you trust the CFA, which is bound and enslaved in the Central Bank of France
in Paris, when even France does not trust in Franc anymore but uses Euros???
And why should France, which has no domestic resources, be the master of your
currency, when it is you (!), who has all the resources and wealth on your
territory? The African Union could easily free itself from the monetary
enslavement by France, Switzerland, the IMF and the World Bank, if Africa would
be able to defend its resources with weapons successfully against foreign
military. And it is 8 million (!) Ambazonians against a lousy, scattered “army”
of only hundreds of soldiers from the French. You can easily organize your own
army from Nigeria by promising former “Northern Cameroons” and all foreign
strategic advisors big rewards after having won the fight and secured the
Ambazonian borders.
Fifth, Ambazonia’s best and
wisest financial brains have to formulate a strategy, how to get rid of
Francafrique, which is the decade old postcolonialistic practice of France to
continuously exploit all former French colonies in Africa by favorizing French
corporations and binding the Africans to the CFA and treasury in Paris, and to
break out from the UCC, the anglosaxon Uniform Commercial Code, which is the
strategic tool for the former British “Empire” to rule the world over the seas.
Ambazonia’s case is of higher dimension. It is a forerunner for all other
African countries to step from pseudo-independence to real independence. The
tactics of the colonizers was always “divide and conquer” and to promise
militaristic security for exploiting resources in exchange. France, Nato,
Africom now are still saying: “We guarantee you safety and stability, if you
let us exploit your resources and feed our puppet regimes with bribes!” But the
Africans need to say now: “We can defend ourselves! We don’t follow you to
divide and conquer anymore! The show is over! We are stronger and more than
you!” Therefore the African Union needs to work harder on boxing the „former“
colonizers out and preventing a backfall into tribalistic or fundamentalistic
militarism either. So the Ambazonians need to identify more with being a role
model for many oppressed minorities and majorities in Africa.
Sixth, in the new Ambazonian
Constitution there have to be implemented effective juridical methods of
financial and economic control in the country. Everybody who puts public money
into private pockets can be fired immediately by law. Systems of accountability
are installed in both the governmental and the economical and the civil
services branch. There are minimum and maximum wages for everybody. Excessive
private wealth will be transformed into property of the people. Revenues from
oil, gas, minerals, crop exports etc. have to flow to a big part into
education, science, health infrastructure, road system, public transport, and
cultural revival. All elections are fair, democratic and limit the time of
power of officials. There is freedom of expression and convention. The
overproportionate taxes in Douala harbor are abolished; Limbe harbor is built
out and Ambazonia becomes an international touristic highlight. Environment is
protected in parks and farmers get fair prices. And many more improvements of
the whole society, which alltogether help other nations in Africa as well to
break out from the slumber and slavery. Spread the new Constitution everywhere,
in all schools and offices and websites; it will also help the Francophones to
get rid of their outdated system and senile dictator. Yaounde, France, Europe
and the World, they must understand, that the global megatrend towards fairness
for all peoples in the world does not need the OK of senile African dictators
or corrupt European politicians, their opposition will be just washed away like
dead crabs at the seashore.
Seventh, let Francophone government
officials and military and police understand, that Ambazonian Independence is
not a threat to Cameroon, but rather helps the Francophones to emancipate from
French/Chinese postcolonialistic exploitation and slavery as well. Francophones
and Anglophones are brothers and sisters, but they are not brothers and sisters
to robbers, thieves, foreign exploitation corporations! Motivate all
Francophonoes to solidarize with the Ambazonian Independence Movement and to
sabotage the shabby power struggle of senile Mr. Biya, who is all to himself
and nothing to both Francophones and Anglophones! Spread flyers among all
Francophones and Anglophones in power or in arms, which show the benefits for
all, if they follow the new Ambazonian Government and Constitution! All
military and police men could have ten times higher salary and peace in their
heart, if they support the promising NEW and abandon the rotten OLD! Don’t fear
retaliation anymore! Speak out loud! Be an Ambazonian on the western side! And
be the NEW Cameroonian on the eastern side! Have English as mandatory official
language on the western side and have French as the mandatory official language
on the eastern side!
Eigth, Federalism means that
inside your independent State all regions or tribes are respecting, supporting
and helping each other. So the richer regions support the poorer regions
financially and that is made mandatory by Constitution. So to have Federalism
inside of Ambazonia would be good. But to have a Federalism with the rest of
eastern Cameroon should not be done as long as the Biya regime and government
there is just a corrupt puppet of former colonialistic masters. Never shake
hands with a thief, he will take your whole arm. But if Mr. Biya would go and
the following administration would transform the government into a state of
intergrity and fairness, then a Confederation between Ambazonia and Cameroon
would be possible. Nevertheless, Ambazonia should not do that, if Yaounde is
still with the CFA, because bad habits die hard.
Ninth, avoid sending unarmed
people into clashes with armed men. Try to convince the angry youth, that even
when the situation is unbearable, you need to reach unity among the Ambazonian
leaders first, before you can win against the occupation forces. Of course, tapes
of human rights violations can also help in gaining support from international
organizations, and guerilla tactics can be successful sometimes, but you should
not run blindly into massacres and then the international media would still
listen to the lies of CRTV. No instead you need to build out your strategy,
your own TV/Radio channels, your own Constitution, your own internal elections
and councils first. You need a chain of command and the youth must listen.
Tenth, admonish all people of the
Church that the time of collusion with dictators and exploitation systems is
over! The Vatican is too friendly with dictators and keeping poor people poor,
so that they keep running into churches in despair. Bishops and priests who
repeat saying: „Let’s keep peace at all costs!“ are on the wrong side; you
cannot keep peace with criminals and murderers, even the police knows, that you
cannot stop criminality only by prayers and peacetalk and without weapons. The
foreign suckers of Cameroon and Ambazonia give a damn whether you pray or sing
Jesus or not. They only understand the language of weapons, power, money, law
& order and courts. Ambazonian priests have to support the Ambazonian
Nation or step out. What are new churches good for, when the whole people is enslaved?
Priests need to give church money for the Ambazonian Independence Fight.
Churches should not help exploiting people for selfish reasons. Forgiveness can
only be done by the victim on his/her own free will. The national entity of
Ambazonia still must bring law & order to all criminals and oppressors.
Justice has to be defended by arms and power. That’s why a peace dove on the
Ambazonian flag is not enough. You must also show the willpower to be a wolf,
an eagle, a gorilla in order to be taken seriously. Put as many stars as
Ambazonia has tribes on your new flag. Don’t follow world dictatorhsips of
world religions or world corporations of corruption, follow yourself, be
yourself, be an Ambazonian!
LONG LIVE AMBAZONIA!