We want peace — but Ambazonians know better than anyone that “peace without justice” is merely silence under oppression. We want unity — but unity built on lies is a prison. We want hope — but hope must be earned, not declared.
By The Independentist Political Desk
Deputy Mayor Biyong Joseph Espoir Vybe-Mood has written an open letter ahead of his summons by the SDO of Wouri — and unknowingly confirmed what Ambazonians have said for years: La République du Cameroun is imploding from the inside.
His courage is admirable. His pain is genuine. But his revelation is even more important: the system he is trying to “save” cannot be saved.
Below is the Independentist knockdown editorial version, framing his words with the clarity and honesty that Ambazonians have earned through blood, suffering, and seventy years of betrayal.
BIYONG’s OPEN LETTER REFRAMED THROUGH AMBAZONIA’S LENS.
The Cry From Inside the Crumbling Empire
I, Biyong Joseph Espoir, stand on the threshold of a summons from the Wouri SDO — a ritual humiliation common in a regime where administrators act as prefects of a foreign power. Before going there, I must speak from conscience.
If the price of truth and justice is personal sacrifice, I am prepared. If destiny leads me down the road of Um Nyobè, Moumié, and Ouandié — martyrs murdered not for wrongdoing but for daring to imagine a free people — then I accept that burden with dignity.
But let us be honest: Cameroon has reached a point of moral, political, and institutional collapse. Truth is crushed. Justice is strangled. Democracy exists only as a slogan for international consumption. And the people — from church pews to mosques, from markets to classrooms — are now witnesses to a system devouring itself.
A Regime That Feeds on Fear
The numbers proclaimed as electoral results do not reflect the will of citizens. They reflect only the will of those who manufacture figures behind closed doors. This is why I call for the publication of all 31,653 procès-verbaux — not to embarrass the regime, but to reveal whether democracy still has breath in this land.
If transparency is refused, then I call on the church, the Muslim community, civil society, the youth, and all men and women of integrity to simply declare: “Enough.” No nation survives when falsehood becomes its foundation stone.
The International Community Cannot Pretend Not to See. If the state refuses to provide transparency, if institutions continue to act as extensions of fear, then the world must not look away. Human rights defenders, observers, and global media must document this moment.
Because the truth is clear: A regime that kidnaps its citizens, hides evidence, and terrorizes those who speak is not governing — it is surviving.
A Call for Unity — but Unity Under Truth
We want peace — but Ambazonians know better than anyone that “peace without justice” is merely silence under oppression. We want unity — but unity built on lies is a prison. We want hope — but hope must be earned, not declared.
Today I call upon all citizens to stand for truth, whatever the cost. May God reveal truth. May justice prevail. May Cameroon be free from tyranny — and may Ambazonia be free from annexation.
Biyong Joseph Espoir Vybe-Mood
Deputy Mayor, Douala
THE INDEPENDENTIST EDITORIAL CONCLUSION
Biyong Has Spoken — Now the Cracks Are Visible to the Whole World. While Biyong writes as a Cameroonian patriot, The Independentist reads his words as something deeper: A confession that the post-1961 colonial structure is rotting from within.
For Ambazonians, who have endured genocide, annexation, suppression of identity, and the destruction of their homeland, this letter is not surprising — it is a confirmation.
From inside the prefectures and municipalities of La République, the truth is now echoing: The system is broken. The institutions are compromised. The democracy is decorative. The citizens are awakening. And that awakening — whether in Douala, Yaoundé, or Buea — signals one unavoidable reality: The unity imposed by France in 1961 is dead.The union imposed by force in 1972 is illegitimate. Ambazonia’s freedom is inevitable.
History is shifting. The empire is cracking. And voices like Biyong’s — once rare — are now multiplying. Ambazonia watches. The world watches. The regime trembles.
