From time immemorial, politicians have
always started wars that are never fought by them or their children.
They usually use the military or a group of brainwashed youths, to
achieve their motives. The truth of the matter is that the interest of
politicians, always takes preference over that of those sent out to
fight on their behalf. For the very fact that no two people have the
same way of reasoning, it makes it practically impossible to end social
crisis because people have different mentalities and interpretations of
situation so therefore it becomes very difficult, to bring back the
society at the same level of reasoning once the crisis has gone
operational.
There will be conflicting interest or
position among the actors involved. In a situation like this, a
legitimate cry for change, can be transformed to an endless crisis that
will now be characterised by looting, scores settling, blackmailing,
hostage taking, armed robbery, and of course perpetual suffering from
those who cannot go about their economic activities freely as a result
of the crisis. It is very easy for a social crisis to get to this level
because not all the players involved, will certainly have the same
objectives.
The war in Syria and Libya started as
political movements to oust long serving leaders from power but today,
the socio-economic devastation that the people of these countries are
experiencing due to the crisis, is beyond human understanding. The
people of Libya and Syria are suffering but the international community
keeps playing politics over their predicaments. Libya was once one of
the most flourishing countries in Africa but now it has turn to a
lawless state where nobody is sure to start a day talk less of ending
it. People cannot go about their economic activities freely because of
the fear of the unknown.
The question of diverse interest can be
linked beyond the frontiers of the country in crisis. So many foreign
nations especially the big powers may exploit an internal problem to
push through their political or economic agenda in the country currently
under a social crisis. A typical example is the opportunity to sell
weapons to the opposing factions. In some cases, big powers have also
benefit from the existence of a social crisis mostly in African
countries, to steal their raw materials while the citizen’s are busy
killing themselves. It is thus very clear that in the advent of a social
crisis especially in third world countries, these big powers will not
like to see the crisis come to an end base on the reasons advanced
above.
In the case of Cameroon, i think the way
forward out of our crisis in the two English regions, is first of all, a
universal acceptance that the love of country is above our personal
interest and ambitions no matter how legitimate our reasons may be.
Secondly, for dialogue to hold as acclaimed by all, there must be a
unilateral acceptance of the subject matter to be discussed if not the
standoff between pro- secessionist and anti- secessionist will never
come to an end. After this phase, the powers that be, can embark on an
appeasement mission to ease the anger and frustrations of all those who
have lost love one’s and properties as a result of the crisis. The last
phase to my opinion will be to organize a national day of
reconciliation. We should all know that it is by destiny that we are all
born Cameroonians so it is the duty of all and sundry to keep this land
given to us by God Almighty, safe for the good of our wellbeing and for
future generations. Social crisis are always difficult to manage so it
is advisable to avert them before they eat deep into the minds of the
people.
First published at bamendaonline.net
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