By Daniel D.
The Cameroon Party for National Reconciliation (PCRN) of the Hon Cabral Libii is inching toward joining the coalition for the political transition in Cameroon after having demonstrated hesitance in the past.
This decision comes after an enlarged session of its political bureau convened on Friday, March 15, to deliberate on the nature and terms of the potential coalition.
While the PCRN has yet to publicly declare its stance on joining the coalition, discussions during the meeting shed light on 13 key aspects the party wishes to address in the coalition.
The definition that the PCRN gives to the political transition; the nature of the political transition according to the PCRN; the opportunity and justification of the political transition in Cameroon; and the transitional political offer to be proposed to Cameroonians were some of the highlights in that Friday’s session.
Other issues discussed included the duration of the transition after the electoral victory; the core values that must support the transition team; operational options for winning the transitional bid; and the strategic actions that would be taken in the advent of an electoral victory of the transition offer.
The party was equally concerned about what name could be given to the coalition as well as the mechanisms for disseminating the decisions taken by the transition working group and the financing strategies for the deployment of the transition offer, among others.
According to the PCRN, the coalition for the political transition was an initiative of Prof. Olivier Bile, even though Edith Kah Walla of the Cameroon People’s Party had been singing this before the 2018 presidential election.
However, it is not quite clear whether the PCRN would join this coalition if Maurice Kamto of the Cameroon Renaissance Movement is heading it.
That is because, for some time now, Kamto has been positioning himself as leader of the opposition coalition and is being backed by his ally, Hon. Michel Nintcheu, who was dismissed from the Social Democratic Front.
Even though Libii and co. are bracing for the coalition, if the terms are agreed, it is still unknown as to which coalition they mean.
The much-talked-about coalition in the country now is the opposition teaming together to defeat President Paul Biya, who has been sitting tight since 1982.
Could the PCRN be talking of a coalition for the political transition in which the CPDM remains in charge without Paul Biya as president?
Meanwhile, the PCRN meeting was held against the backdrop of a ban slammed on its party when it tried to organize the national convention of the party in Kribi.
Even at that, PCRN is split into two. One camp recognizes Cabral Libii as its president, and another also recognizes the party’s former president, Robert Kona, as its leader.
Regarding the current situation, Robert Kona is reportedly being backed by the Minister of Territorial Administration, Paul Atanga Nji, who is responsible for sanctioning the actions of political parties in the country.
Cabral Libii’s camp has initiated the party’s disciplinary procedures against Robert Kona, as the matter drags on in an administrative court in the North Region.
At the moment, the person who will represent the PCRN during the elections remains the decision of the Elections Cameroon and Constitutional Council.
