Anglo -American and Breton wood institutions activisms in Cameroon

Souleymane was waiting for another sign and he got it, when he got news that, even though the government had rigged the1997 presidential elections, they were worried. For the fact that, the opposition was challenging the results, might put them in an erroneous position with the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. But in other to appease these institutions and also the US and British governments, the government of Cameroon wanted to form a government of “national union”, in which, the opposition, especially the most representative, will be offered ministerial posts. That way, they (the government) thought, they will calm Bretton wood institutions and the Anglo-Americans, who were also agitating against them (government). Souleymane saw all those indices as signs that his time has come. But the Anglo-Americans and the Breton Wood institutions had an ambiguous rapport with the government of Cameroon and also with the opposition, in chief the SDF. They were ready or claimed that, they wanted to help Cameroon on her path to genuine democracy. But they gave conditions that were very difficult for the government to accept.

And as far as the masses that were already on a dire strait were concern, they never wanted to hear the mention of the name: Bretton Wood institutions. For in the the general opinion, they had killer pills or remedies called structural adjustment programmes. These institutions claimed that, their financial aid to any country was conditioned to good governance and the instauration and implementation of multiparty democracy. Perhaps according to them, good governance and multiparty democracy, which were never effective on the ground, were magic wands to stability and riches. The incongruity with Bretton woods institutions are that, they never cared whether their recommendations were put into practice or not. Bretton Wood institutions were the ones who advised the government of Cameroon to create a government of “national union” after the dubious October 1997 presidential elections. For they knew it will placate the masses and above all, remove some steam from the opposition, that was agitating against the re-election of Paul Biya. Bretton woods strategists in Cameroon knew that, the stratagem that they provided to the government of Paul Biya had a powerful PR effect on honest western NGOs fighting against poverty and corruption in Africa.

The Bretton Wood institutions tutored the government of Cameroon on how to hoodwink her own people and Western NGOs. Bretton Wood institutions also provided funding to the same government to equip and train anti-riot police and other specialised militarised groups to fight against protesters. The Breton Wood institutions were helping the government of Cameroon to put into practice the adage which says: “he who is ready or preparing for peace, must also be ready or must be preparing for war”. For they knew that, their proposal for a government of national union which might appease the masses and also help realised their goal of massive privatisation might backfire. Hence they had a large amount of funds for law and order in their financial packages to governments. In fact, the Breton Wood institutions are professional thieves or rogues with frightening immoral hearts. Their strategy after the dubious October 1997 was almost functioning. However their plans ran into problem. The problem that Bretton woods institution had was that, those who accepted to join the doubtful government of “national union”, were the wrong guys or underrepresentative political parties of the opposition.