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Regarding the Anglophone crisis and clashes between activists and the defense and security forces that have already caused the death of several civilians and men in uniform, the Senator from the ranks of the CPDM, the ruling political party, condemns the violence. in the English-speaking regions. But, he seems to blame the government for being responsible for the escalation of tensions in these regions because, he explains, it would have been possible to avoid the stalemate of the crisis and its consequences if the central government had refrained from imprisoning moderate leaders who ultimately had only social demands.
Concluding that the marginalization of Anglophones is extreme, Chief Mukete says he agrees with moderate Anglophones who advocate Cameroon's return to federalism. "There can be no ambiguity: the current extreme centralization is a mistake." Slice the highly influential Senator Victor Mukete, taking against the feet of the President of the Republic Paul Biya who refuses to open the debate on the form of the state.
While many of his compatriots seem surprised by his statements in favor of federalism, it should be recalled that the Nonagenarian, has only repeated what he thinks for several years.
For example, two years ago, during a dedication ceremony of his book entitled "My Odysee: History of the Reunification of Cameroon", a very rich history book of his native country, the oldest senate and great witness of the Reification of Western Cameroon and Eastern Cameroon, had made a statement that sounds today as a premonition given the context of the 16-month-old Anglophone crisis in Cameroon: "When you have two children and that one complains constantly, you have to listen to it and solve your problem otherwise the situation may explode one day and it will be difficult to pick up the pieces "warned the Nfon Victor Mukete to denounce the marginalization of which the populations of the English-speaking regions of the country.
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