“Sure, I am trib@record, individuals who have this impression will not be mistaken”

Final Sunday, on the set of this system “Libre Expression” broadcast on Infos TV, Abel Elimbi Lobè made statements that induced a shock wave inside Cameroonian public opinion.

At 57, this politician who was born within the nation of Sawa on the coast has brazenly admitted that he’s a tribalist, an admission that, for a lot of observers, is no surprise given his earlier positions.

Throughout the present, presenter Good Ayissi requested his visitor a fragile query: “Is Abel Elimbi Lobè a tribesman? » Elimbi Lobè’s response was clear: “Sure, I’m tribal, individuals who have this impression will not be mistaken…” he asserted, peremptorily.

The chief of the Kawtal platform continued by explaining that his goal is that every one ethnic teams that make up the Nation of Cameroon can have their place, as a result of he stated, “Nobody ought to take the place of the opposite.”

The previous activist of the Social Democratic Entrance (SDF) regrets the truth that some teams are coming “Take deputy seats within the coast » or prepare “land raids” to deprive coastal youngsters of their rightful land.

Elimbi Lobè additionally notes that the West of the nation has 25 seats for deputies, whereas noting that nationals from this area occupy a disproportionate variety of these seats “a complete of 34 within the Nationwide Meeting”in line with him.

The previous municipal councilor additionally denies the truth that of the 19 deputy seats within the Littoral, 8 are occupied by Western nationals, and of the ten senatorial seats, 2 are additionally allotted to this similar area. “So that there’s which means in residing collectively, that everybody learns to remain at residence”, he determined.

This assertion by Elimbi Lobè epitomizes the criticism. His divisive discourse that stigmatizes nationals from different areas can gasoline a way of division inside Cameroonian society.

Cameroonians should have the ability to reside, work and spend money on any area of the nation, with out being hindered by ethnic concerns. Abel Elimbi Lobè’s statements are due to this fact seen as incitement to discord, risking exacerbating inter-communal tensions that exist already.