Thanks to the generosity and forethought of Pa Fru Ndeh we have a sample letter that you can send to your representative. Feel free to edit the letter to suit yourself. Whatever you do, please write. Again, go to www.congress.org. Enter your zip code and find out the name and contact information of your representative. Email the representative. Share the information with your family and friends and encourage them to do same.
Innocent Chia
Rep/Senator's Name Here
Rep/Senator Address Line 1
Rep/Senator Address Line 2
City, State, Zip Code
Dear Representative XXXX,
I am appealing for your help in stopping the President of Cameroon Paul Biya from changing the Constitution of the Republic of Cameroon to eternalize himself in power. President Biya plans to do so during the March 2008, parliamentary session, in the capital city of Cameroon, Yaounde.
The current crises in Chad where there was an attempted coup d'etat and the Kenyan crises attests to the fact that many Africans are incapable of changing their leaders through democratic and legitimate means. There is a lot of anger and tension in Cameroon and the Gov't has stifled the voices of the masses by hijacking the electoral process. Cameroon is almost at the brink of a civil war and the situation can explode at any time. It is a time bomb.
President Paul Biya's has been Head of State or President of Cameroon since 1982,that is 25 years today. From 1975 until 1982 he was Prime Minister for 7 years. According to article 6, section 2 of the 1996 Constitition of The Republic of ameroon,President Paul Biya is serving his last and final term, and is therefore barred from running for office.
Article 6
(2) The President of the Republic shall be elected for a term of office of 7 (seven) years. He shall be eligible for re-election once.
By the year 2011,President Paul Biya will be 78 years old.We think President Biya has no new ideas to offer Cameroonians, is completely void of any leadership skills that can appropriately lead Cameroon into the 21st century and beyond. President Biya now forms a sore to Cameroonians and is a huge liability to the people, and also American oil interests in the Gulf of Guinea. The American Ambassador, Janet Garvey has already voiced her opposition, the U.S. Governments' stance, on amending the Constitution of Cameroon to eternalize President Paul Biya in power.
I urge you as my Representative/Senator to bring pressure to bear on President George W. Bush to call on President Biya of Cameroon, not to modify article 6,section 2. President Biya will lead Cameroon to a civil war should this happen. President Biya deserves to retire. President Biya needs to send a bill to parliament on the Presidential Retirement package, rather than a bill to effect a Life Presidency.
Thank you very much, and I hope I can count on you, for this is of grave concern to me.
Sincerely,
Your Name Here
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I want to humbly applaud the move to stop any genocide or civil war in Cameroon. There is no time to waste when it comes to the systematic and logical implication of altering a nation's constitution to suit a particular class of men and women , and their cronies. That action is a declartion of war against humanity.It is a dangerous and unaceptable style of dictatorship that is worth fighting against.
This move is going to be a true test of the sincerity and good faith of Cameroonians in the United States of America in particular mainly because they have sought political asylum here against that inhumane regime. It will therefore be contradictory if they steer clear of standing up against the system from ,which they fled!
While you make such an audacious call for Concerned Cameroonians to file protest letters to their senators, I am also appealing that we should rally all Cameroonians through out the country to a protest march for freedom from tyranism and eternal totalitarianism. It is important for us to know that through out history, protest letters are also backed by practical protest marhces along the hallways of power.These tools work complimentarily for change and that is why we must organise ourselves to demonstrate.It is advantageous in the sense that it will call for media attention and public sysmpathy will blow it out.
This is a choice we must make if we want to make inroads in our strikes for freedom. I urge all of Cameroonians who are here under political asylum to think about this issue and justify that.
This justification will shed more light on the fact that we quit our countries not for the sake of leaving but we were deeply troubled by the problems.Now is the time for us to give back to the rest of our people suffering back home. It is helpful to dramatize our role in making history so that it is effective.
This is time for us to overcome fear and help our people from falling into the temptation of killing each other.
I thank you all Cameroonians for listening to my thoughts
Humbly submitted
Jonathan Awasom
jjawasom@yahoo.com
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