If there is one complaint that most Cameroonians in the diaspora have against the head of state Paul Biya is probably his decision to prohibit binationality.
And yet, the Cameroonian president had himself made the commitment in 2009 to change this provision of the nationality code that almost cost freedom to the writer Patrice Nganang end 2017.
A promise on which the pan-African newspaper Jeune Afrique is income in the issue No. 3062 of this Sunday, September 15, 2019. Extract...
The good and the bad binational
The term "diaspora" is used because many Cameroonians abroad have legally lost their nationality of origin after having adopted that of their host country. In July 2009, President Paul Biya promised to reform the nationality code to allow binationality, but nothing was done.
Cameroon has a gray zone, a tolerance regime that discriminates against "good" and "bad" binationals. The first are appreciated, especially as they send money. In 2018, they transferred nearly 173 billion.
Good too, those who make the flag shine like the German Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting, captain of Indomitable Lions. The Sports Minister claimed his "pride" in a letter to the Toronto Raptors' American Pascal Siakam when he won the North American Basketball Championship in June.
On the other hand, the writer Patrice Nganang was expelled to the USA for reasons related to his political activism. Revolted against this "double weight, two measures", the musician Richard Bona has sworn not to tread his homeland until that changes.
Source: camerounweb.com