Press release on the harassment of the special adviser to the national president of the CRM, Mr Albert Dzongang.

PRESS RELEASE ON THE HARASSMENT OF THE SPECIAL ADVISER TO THE NATIONAL PRESIDENT OF THE CRM, MR ALBERT DZONGANG.

Mr Albert DZONGANG, Special Adviser to the National President of the CRM, recently reacted in a video to the filthy and provocative comments made by the Minister of Territorial Administration.

After reiterating the CRM’s commitment to change through the ballot box and in peace, he rightly reminded the Minister that ELECAM, which receives candidatures, is an independent body; that the same is true of the Constitutional Council; and that neither is under the supervision of the Ministry of Territorial Administration or any other State institution.

He then pointed out that consequently the Minister in question has neither the right nor the power to draw up the list of candidates for the forthcoming presidential election, and that Cameroonians would not accept Maurice KAMTO’s candidature for the said presidential election being ruled out by the manoeuvres and threats of the CPDM and its regime.

He also recalled the legal obligations of the members of ELECAM and the Constitutional Council as set out in the Constitution and relevant laws, and that the overwhelming majority of the defence and security forces will remain loyal to the Republic.

This seems to have justified his summons by the Divisional Officer of Wouri Division and his security staff for an unacceptable political interrogation.

The CPDM has publicly called for an immediate coup d’état if the Candidate of the CRM, Maurice KAMTO, is elected President of the Republic next October. This clearly did not move the Divisional Officer and his collaborators in charge of maintaining the political order decided by the CPDM.

The Minister of Territorial Administration is constantly calling for a state insurrection, insulting respectable political leaders whom he treats rudely, arrogating to himself powers reserved for ELECAM and the Constitutional Council, and publicly threatening to arrest and lock up for ever political leaders who demand compliance with Article 80 of the Electoral Code requiring the publication of the national electoral roll, Article 15 of the Constitution and Article 121 of the Electoral Code. And not a single judicial police officer, public prosecutor or administrative authority has ever raised an eyebrow.

Despite all this, civil servants who act openly on behalf of the CPDM or under its orders use their functions to try to silence the regime’s political opponents.

What the Divisional Officer of Wouri Division did yesterday, 25 March 2025, is serious in every respect. Already, when he was in office in Ebolowa in the Division of Mvilla, he had distinguished himself by his open and assumed hostility towards the CRM and its militants.

In the interests of our country, I will take the liberty of advising those in charge of the security services in Wouri, and more generally in the country, to stop giving the opposition the impression, as is the case, that they are their political adversaries.

Power will change hands at the end of the forthcoming presidential election and Cameroon will continue to function, with all civil servants and public agents, or without those who have stepped aside.

The CRM stands in total solidarity with the Special Adviser to its National President, Mr Albert DZONGANG.

The CRM solemnly warns those in power against the dictatorial excesses that are manifesting themselves through the multiplication of arrests, indictments and political detentions of political leaders, members of civil society and ordinary Cameroonians who are revealing the elements of the electoral fraud being prepared by ELECAM, the CPDM and its ramifications in various administrations of the country, including, it is to be feared, the Constitutional Council whose alleged legal incompetence are today elements of legitimate suspicion.

Signed in Yaoundé on 26 March 2025

Maurice KAMTO, National President of the CRM, Candidate of the CRM and the PAC in the forthcoming presidential elections