This is a “draft” post written in October 2022 in the early stages of the talk of talks-about-talks. It reflects the confusion of why Mr. Momo wrote his thesis on the Swiss Process having been a “clever ruse to diffuse the threat of sanctions” on the part of the wise Mr Biya… Little did Ambazonia News imagine the fate of the Canadian efforts! If only we had published it at the time!
After “cleverly playing the international community” it would appear Mr Biya was in a rush to engage in more “talk-washing”! The Swiss Process was a clever “play” to deflect pressure of sanctions from the “gullible” Canadians, Americans, Swiss, EU and many others. So what are the “Canadian Talks”?
La Republique du Cameroun committed a diplomatic fault be letting even the obscure Mr Momo pen his essay about duping the aforementioned international partners! The only fallout from that error was that the Ambazonians would be able to clearly tell those international partners that they could not trust any undertakings from La Republique du Cameroun … and maybe Mr Biya has now promised that if they take him into extra time, this time, “cross my heart and hope to die”, they can trust his word! Or he is being true to his genius gamesmanship and the Canadians are truly gullible!
What is on the agenda in Canada?
Nothing really! Canada, at least for now is not talks … and not even talks about talks! It could, maybe, be talks about talks about talks! The best it could be for Ambazonians is that they start to realise they need to get their act together through their own “in-house” channels of communication away from Canada. Of course the persistent danger for Ambazonians is that some invitees feel “flattered” enough and mistaken enough to assume that they are their to talk, or worse, that they can commit Ambazonia to any undertakings. They cannot and the Canadians should know that, but they [Canadians] are not “taking part” so it will be down to whoever is sitting for La Republique du Cameroun to try and turn up the flattery with the hope of at least causing some friction within the Ambazonian Liberation Movement. Fat chance! That time has passed! Ambazonia New’s view is that the interval between “rejecting” the Swiss Process and engaging the Canadian Process was suspicious in the extreme and may have been preceded by secret “flattery” of some players of the Liberation. Even so, the time when that would have mattered is gone and over!
Who is taking part?
Ambazonia News understands a wide-ish range of Ambazonian groups are taking part but that non of them think or believe they are going into “talks”. Of course, it goes without saying that the range of groups have varying degrees of “influence”. Apparently La Republique’s “people” will have the dubious blessing of the “Prime Minsiter, Head of Government” for what it is worth in La Republique du Cameroun! This understanding leads Ambazonia News to conjecture that “hopeful flattery” could well be the strategy. There once was a time when the PM could “wow” Diasporans… in those days. Any Ambazonia and other rational being, on gathering that the La Republique effort is being master-minded by “the PM” would be seriously dubious about the what game they are playing
At worst, or best, depending on which side, the Ambazonian party would say they are talking about talks and, for want of a better word, dying to know what La Republique du Cameroun is going to offer.
Ambazonia News is fascinated to see what does come out of the meeting.
What should Ambazonians at large do?
Keep calm and continue with their efforts to liberate the homeland. The “Canadian Talks” will not yield any impact on that process. Those of us who are not having to hold our noses to listen to La Republique du Cameroun’s party should count ourselves lucky and be assured and grateful that the days when flattery could turn some heads are truly gone. Certainly any heads turned would not have much leverage over the destiny of Ambazonia from these “not” Talks.
Those at the talks should make it abundantly clear, as if that were needed, that independence is not up for negotiation as there has never been a union, nor any need for one. Our mistakes have been made and we demand to learn from them and move on.
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