Why Christopher Fomunyoh should not stand as one of hundreds of Candidates for President of Cameroon.

First off the bat, for anyone who gets here through a google search, they should understand that Dr Christopher Fomunyoh cannot win any presidential election in Cameroon. The aim of this article is simply to shed light on the fact that for once in a generation, we have a transformational presidential candidate in Kah Walla (no affiliate of mine) and other Cameroonians who have some degree of credibility in the eyes of the public need to rally behind her, so that Cameroon can rid itself of its strongman ruler of the past twenty-eight years, 78 year old Paul Biya and wife Chantal Biya, who seem to have taken up residence in Switzerland.

Dr Christopher Fomunyoh is a Cameroonian legal scholar, who is well respected in the West. He has a sharp legal mind, and makes regular appearances on major news networks, especially when it concerns Africa.
He has a very organic understanding of the needs and aspirations of African all across the continent.

As the go-to person for major news organizations for stories emerging from Africa, he wields a very big stick, and African opinion leaders know that.

In this capacity, a negative score on Dr Fomunyoh's score card carries a lot of weight. Leaving that influential spot to run as a presidential candidate in this badly run country will not help the very people he seeks to aid. As an election observer in many countries, he should remember even though some of the candidates winning major victories may seem unsophisticated and clueless about policy, they have popular appeal, and use that to win.

Underestimating the power of the people and incumbents in politics is a dangerous game. Remember Prof Titus Edzoa anyone. He got so close to Paul Biya, and saw his many shortcomings and though he was better, only to find himself thrown into jail.

The Fomunyoh Foundation does excellent work all across Cameroon. In other words, Dr Fomunyoh in his present capacity is more effective to Cameroon's development than as a presidential candidate. It may look good on his CV, but it will hurt the poorest throughout the country and help Biya strengthen his stranglehold on the people.

It may sound preposterous on my part, and some egos involved in running for the top job on the land are super sized, but we should all remember, Biya does not care whether you die of Malaria or during childbirth, him, his wife and family just go to Switzerland for their healthcare. We MUST beware of anyone who does not care for the common good at this stage of Cameroon's development. If everyone wants to be an also ran, then we should all have ourselves to blame when Biya steals the people's vote because Cameroonians could not rally and come together as one to push Biya, wife and co. back to Switzerland where he has taken up residence.

The time is ripe for change to occur in Cameroon and for Paul Biya and Chantal Biya to retire to Switzerland. Dr Christopher Fomunyoh will make this clear to any major news outlet, what Cameroon needs is for him to tell the world that Ms. Kah Walla is the one bringing that change.
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