BIYA IS THINKING EVERYDAY

The adviser to the Vice President of the World Bank, Celestin Monga, has said President Paul Biya will be rendering Cameroonians a big and purposeful service if he quietly withdraws from the political scene and abstains from running for the 2011 presidential elections. The international economist and prolific writer made the declaration in Yaounde on Monday 27 July at the dedication ceremony of his latest publications “Nihilism and Negritude”.
Answering questions on the possible candidature of President Paul Biya in the 2011 presidential elections, Monga said “Biya should do service to himself and to Cameroonians by withdrawing from the scene come 2011”.
He explained that Cameroon is so helplessly entrenched into moral misdeed that maintaining the leadership statusquo will certainly not bail the country out. The World Bank economist opined that the Head of State and his cronies were quite conscious of the lapses and the stakes ahead. He said the frenzy around ‘The Biya Code’ and the political strings therein attached could best explain the fear and panic of the regime and its leader, Paul Biya.“There are clear indications that Biya has been overwhelmingly overpowered by the trend of events, growing unemployment, embezzlement, moral decadence, excruciating poverty etc”.
Celestin Monga whose publication on the illegal financial transaction of the late Irene Biya in early 1990’s almost wrecked the regime, however, believes that the about twenty million Cameroonians have the right and responsibility to bring about change in Cameroon not only by changing leadership but fundamentally changing attitudes, life styles, ethical system, order and values.
“The ousting of President Paul Biya in itself will not make any sense or bring about the desired results if Cameroonians do not fundamentally change their attitudes, way of life, ethical values”, he said.About his new book, he explained that it was a collection of recollections or memories and reflections on reinvented Nihilism in Africa.
Published in March 2009 by the French university press, the book focuses on the Africaness of an African. The Nihilism and Negritude in Africans does not in anyway prevent them from living their African lives.
According to Valentin Yves Mudimba and Simeon Zinga who prefaced the book, “Negritude is the different manner Africans live their lives today”.On the relationship between the World Bank and the economic dilemma of African countries, the economist said it was not the place or mission of the bank to draw economic or development actions for any country.
“The World Bank has never developed any country. That is not its vocation. The World Bank is like a box containing money for sale to whoever wants to buy. They compel no one to get their money”, he clarified.He debunked claims that the World Bank has taken African countries hostage, pointing out that only military gangs take institutions or persons hostage.