Presidential aspirant backs “Anglophone for President” campaign


Barrister Agbor Emmanuel Ashu, the presidential candidate of the Reforme party has backed the call and campaign for an Anglophone to take over the executive mansion of Cameroon during the 2018 presidential.

The barrister at law and one-time die-heart supporter of the Social Democratic Front, SDF party joined his voice to that of many who say it’s just for an Anglophone to ascend the presidential seat this year for the first time since reunification.

Barrister Ashu (middle) joins the fight to get an Anglophone at Etoudi 


He was speaking recently at his party headquarters in Douala after declaring his intentions to run on the ticket of the Reforme party where he is currently the national chairman.

The barrister who said he is willing to enter into a coalition with the other political aspirants so as to ensure that the current regime is send packing made public what he calls the “sweeping reforms of the Refome Party.”

To him, areas such as agriculture and vocational training should be prioritize with the Made-in-Cameroon brand receiving all the necessary push and support it can get from the government.

He noted that one of the perennial problems the current regime has been unable to tackle is that of corruption, which he says he will completely stop once in power. Even though he failed to reveal how he aim to stop the cankerous act, he however announced sweeping reforms in the judiciary, legislative and other sectors of national life.

While he promised to guaranty the independence of three arms of government he announced that if made president he will reduced to nine the ministries in Cameroon and practically enforced decentralization so as to maintain regional balance and development.

The expert at criminal law who has been wearing the wig since 1984 and is often referred to as one of the foundations on which the SDF was built revealed that the war against Boko Haram and the Anglophone crisis needs tack to handle it. And this he said will be made the number one priority of his government. 

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