By John Chiamba | Contributor, The Independentist
THE VIDEO THAT TELLS HALF THE STORY
A new government video—glossy, well-narrated in French, and heavily promoted—is being marketed as a symbol of national transformation. It praises President Paul Biya’s leadership, showcases infrastructure projects, and boasts of progress and peace.
But here’s what many fail to realise: this video is the CPDM Manifesto—a curated illusion designed to distract the public and pacify foreign observers.
It is the version of Cameroon the regime wants people to see. What it hides is the real doctrine driving the state—a sinister manual insiders know as “Biya’s Mein Kampf.”
WHAT THEY HIDE BEHIND THE CAMERAS
While the public sees images of construction and smiling children, the real system is buried in obscure political theory—most notably Communal Liberalism and the Glossary of Decentralisation. These are texts no CPDM minister ever dares explain on national television.
That is no accident.
“The silence is strategic,” explains Dr. Martin Mungwa. “What they sell as decentralisation is centralised dictatorship. What they call communal liberalism is actually communal paralysis. That’s Biya’s Mein Kampf—hidden in words no citizen is meant to understand.”
THE TRAP OF LIES: DECEPTION AS POLICY
At the core of the regime lies a calculated system built on three pillars:
MYTHIC VISION WITHOUT DELIVERY
Slogans like Vision 2035 offer no actual roadmap—only a mirage.
PERMANENT PRETEXTS
The decentralisation glossary is used as a delay tactic: always referenced, never implemented.
IMAGE OVER IMPACT
Staged videos, celebratory statistics, and donor briefings replace actual governance.
“You cannot reform a lie,” Dr. Mungwa says. “And the CPDM Manifesto is a lie manufactured to last.”
DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS KNOW—BUT REMAIN SILENT
Behind closed doors, foreign diplomats in Yaoundé are not fooled. They’ve read the documents. They’ve seen the pattern. Their internal memos speak of a government addicted to illusion and repression.
And yet, they remain silent.
“Somehow they think the world is made of dumbs,” Dr. Mungwa observes. “But the truth is worse: the world is not dumb—it is disturbingly quiet.”
THE RECONSTRUCTION FRAUD
Nowhere is the gap between image and truth more glaring than in Ambazonia.
Minister Paul Tasong, the so-called architect of “reconstruction” in the North West and South West, speaks of multi-billion-franc investments. But where are the facts?
No publicly available architectural plans.
No water, electricity, or sanitation frameworks.
No refugee reintegration process from reception to permanent housing.
No published timelines, budgets, or oversight.
“They parade figures without blueprints,” says Dr. Mungwa. “It’s not reconstruction—it’s a scam.”
Dr. SAKO’S RESOLVE:
“WE WILL NOT NEGOTIATE OUR CHAINS”
President Dr. Samuel Ikome Sako, leader of the Federal Republic of Ambazonia (in exile), responded to the CPDM’s propaganda with sharp clarity:
“We will not vote away our chains. We will not wait to be recognised. We must become the recognition. Cameroon’s rulers built a palace of mirrors. Ambazonia will no longer chase reflections.”
Sako warns that the real project is to distract, pacify, and destroy, and he calls on the international community to acknowledge the structural nature of the violence.
THE PEOPLE AREN’T WAITING—THEY’RE BUILDING
Across Ambazonia, communities are no longer waiting for false promises:
Engineers in Bui and Manyu are designing water-fed housing layouts.
Local councils are passing laws banning CPDM contractors without transparency.
Refugees in Nigerian camps are building community-led return plans—independent of Yaoundé.
“From Ndian to Kumbo, Ambazonians are not just resisting lies. They’re replacing them—with action, with blueprints, and with truth,” says Dr. Mungwa.
CONCLUSION: THE LIE IS LOUD, BUT THE TRUTH IS RISING
The CPDM’s video campaign is not governance—it’s theatre. Behind the polished curtain is a regime that rules by illusion and sustains itself through silence, slogans, and calculated confusion.
But the people are no longer deceived.
“Treachery cannot outlive memory,” Dr. Mungwa concludes. “And this generation remembers everything.”
John Chiamba is a financial strategist, educator, and contributor to The Independentist, specialising in authoritarian systems, economic justice, and Ambazonian self-determination.
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