Paul Biya's reactions

The reaction of the head of state shocked Mr Ndomba and it added to his anxiety, he was now certain that, his days at the post of secretary general of the ruling party were numbered. He picked up his phone and dialed Cappolytree on his mobile phone and told him: “please be calm. This is because, that Nguelemedouga is very powerful and well connected within the presidency of the Republic”. “What do you mean by that?” Mr Cappolytree angrily replied. But Mr Ndomba added: “Listen, the head of state himself has just ringed me and has warned me. He has asked me to cease filing in any report about Nyanon sub district and Mr Nguelemedouga, in particular, to his office. He is happy with the way Nguelemedouga is working there in Nyanon. Therefore, I do not want to loose my post because of you. I have my children and other family members who are relying on me. You will therefore have to fend for yourself during elections and all we can do, is try to influence the results here in Yaoundé at the ministry of Territorial administration. But you must try to help us. That is, by campaigning scrupulously on the field”. Mr Ndomba dropped his phone. Mr Cappolytree was worried; for he was very corrupt, but a prosperous businessman who very much needed to be elected into parliament. This not because he loved his constituency and wanted to help or contribute to develop her as he claims, but more because, he had borrowed a lot of monies from banks and took part or commandeered other illicit businesses, a parliamentary seat was a bulwark against investigations and assured arrest.

He was not the only top-flight Cameroonian businessman who had skeletons in his cupboard. Most businessmen, especially the new generation rich men & women who spurted-out when Biya came to power in 1982 and who easily mixes politics, tribalism with business were in the same state. They use their political connections to borrow monies from banks, and refused to pay back, thus precipitating most Cameroonian banks and other state owned industries into bankruptcy. The government of Paul Biya has given noble status to immoralities and corruption. But Mr Biya was under immense pressure from the Americans, the British, the Netherlands and the Germans to first corruption or looses their support. And Cappolytree knew that, the only means he could elude jail was to be elected into parliament for five years, a position that will grant him automatic immunity, thus shielding him from any judicial pursuits. Since old habits die hard, he also planned that, he would use the mantle of Member of Parliament (MP), to borrow more monies from the few surviving banks and will not pay back. Cappolytree was a good material for the Maximum security Prison of Kondengui in Yaoundé and his arrest which was being rumored would have made good PR stunt for the regime. This would have been so, because it would have been widely relayed in the Press.