The RDPC: A State Corporation Masquerading as a Political Party

In 1985, Paul Biya rebranded the UNC into the RDPC, a mere name change without legal foundation

By Timothy Enongene for The Independentist

For decades, the Rassemblement Démocratique du Peuple Camerounais (RDPC) has masqueraded as a political party. In truth, it is nothing more than a state corporation — a colonial franchise engineered by France to suffocate democracy and loot Ambazonia’s wealth.

Born in Manipulation

From Ahmadou Ahidjo’s Union Camerounaise, crafted by France in the 1950s, the so-called party was designed not to serve Cameroonians, but to safeguard French control. Opposition was crushed, rivals dissolved, and by 1966 the single-party state was born.

From UNC to RDPC: A Fraudulent Transition

In 1985, Paul Biya rebranded the UNC into the RDPC, a mere name change without legal foundation. Unlike genuine parties legalized in 1990 after the Bamenda martyrs, the RDPC remained above the law, imposing rules on others while exempting itself.

The only “innovation” during the 1985 so-called “New Deal Congress” was cosmetic: Biya’s men had initially proposed Rassemblement du Peuple Camerounais (RPC), simply a “new UNC” without substance. It was Dr. John Ngu Foncha who insisted on adding the word “démocratique.” That is how the RDPC came about — not by reform or renewal, but by a word, a façade meant to disguise continuity as change.

Cultic and Communist Traits

The RDPC is not pluralist but cultic. Chiefs parade Biya’s effigy like a religious icon. The Secretary General enjoys state protocol privileges. To survive in Cameroon, one must bend to the RDPC. This is not democracy — it is a communist-style party-state where government and party are indistinguishable.

France’s Colonial Franchise

Above all, the RDPC is Paris’ creation, the mechanism through which France continues to dominate Cameroon and Ambazonia. Every fraudulent election, every silenced voice, every stolen resource flows back to the metropole.

The Fru Ndi Moment

The truth was exposed in 1992 when Ni John Fru Ndi, an Ambazonian, defeated Paul Biya. France and the regime overturned the results, with François Mitterrand himself declaring that “an Ambazonian will never be president of Cameroon.” The RDPC revealed its true mission: to ensure Ambazonians remain locked out of power forever.

Verdict

By definition, a political party, cultic in practice, communist in structure, and colonial in purpose.

That is why the message remains uncompromising: #NoElectionsInAmbazonia!

Timothy Enongene – Tombel, Kupe Muanenguba County, Atlantic Zone, Federal Republic of Ambazonia