The international community has two choices.Pretend the legal truth does not exist and watch the conflict continue Or Uphold the law and end the conflict through justice. Ambazonia has chosen dignity over silence, legality over force, and hope over despair. The world must now choose whether it will defend the principles it claims to stand for.
By The Independentist Political Desk
Part Five of the Constitutional Truth Series
The war in Ambazonia is often described as a local crisis. It is not. It is a failure of international responsibility, a breach of treaty obligations, and a collapse of legal protections established by the United Nations itself. A just and lasting resolution requires the return of international law to the center of diplomacy. Peace cannot be negotiated as though Ambazonia is a rebellious province. It must be negotiated as the restoration of a people who were deprived of their sovereignty.
Principle One: Recognition of the Legal Status of Ambazonia
Any credible peace process must begin by acknowledging what international law has long established. Ambazonia is a distinct political entity
Ambazonia was never lawfully united with CameroonAmbazonia retains the right to self-determination. Without this acknowledgment, dialogue becomes a performance that prolongs suffering rather than ending it.
Principle Two: Multilateral International Mediation
Cameroon cannot be both a party to the conflict and the authority resolving it. True mediation must include, The United Nations, The African Union, The Commonwealth, Respected neutral states. The talks must include all Ambazonian stakeholders with legitimate representation, not handpicked proxies. Peace requires a table where both sides sit as equals.
Principle Three: A Transitional Justice Framework
The conflict has produced profound human trauma. Any agreement must address, Accountability for war crimes and extrajudicial killings, Release of political prisoners and detainees, Reparations for families and communities, Truth-telling mechanisms that honor victims, Protection for displaced civilians and refugees, Reconciliation cannot grow on untreated wounds.
Principle Four: Economic Stabilization and Reconstruction
For decades, Ambazonia’s wealth has been extracted to sustain a centralized system that did not reinvest in its people. A successful transition requires. Return of revenue from natural resources
Restoration and modernization of schools and hospitals. Rebuilding transportation and energy infrastructure. Creation of aid corridors monitored by international partners.Economic justice is peacebuilding in real time.
Principle Five: Security Guarantees and Demilitarization
Communities must not be asked to trust without protection. Peacekeeping and monitoring forces under international mandate will be required to Secure humanitarian access, Supervise demobilization, Protect civilians during transition
Create space for political freedom to flourish Security must shift from forceful occupation to lawful protection.
Principle Six: Respect for Future Democratic Choice
Ambazonians must freely determine their final political status through a recognized and monitored process. No solution is legitimate if it denies the people their sovereign voice. The outcome must reflect the will of Ambazonia, not the convenience of those who unlawfully suppressed it. A Path Based Not on Opinion But on Obligation. This roadmap does not invent a new standard. It merely insists that existing law must be respected.
The United Nations promised protection to trust territories like British Southern Cameroons. That promise was broken. The cost has been paid in lives, villages, and liberty. A stable future requires correcting the original wrong, not managing its consequences.
Conclusion: Peace Through Responsibility, Not Denial
The international community has two choices.Pretend the legal truth does not exist and watch the conflict continue Or Uphold the law and end the conflict through justice. Ambazonia has chosen dignity over silence, legality over force, and hope over despair. The world must now choose whether it will defend the principles it claims to stand for. A people whose sovereignty was stolen has risen to reclaim it. And peace will follow when the world acknowledges that rising.
The Independentist Political Desk
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