08 March 2017
Proposals for a way out of the crisis in the Northwest and Southwest regions (Propositions des voies de sortie sur la situation dans les régions du Nord-Ouest et du Sud-Ouest)
Dear Reader:
In this opinion piece, published in the daily newspaper, Mutations, in the early months of the escalation of the Anglophone crisis, we set forth some proposals towards attenuating it, and preventing its further deterioration. These proposals included: de-escalating tensions through limiting the pursuit of criminal prosecutions against the protest leaders and leveraging this approach to urge a resumption of schools in the affected regions; identifying a broad base of institutions representing the interests of the said community and engaging in a structured continuous dialogue process with these constituencies, using external mediation or technical assistance as necessary; continuing specific reforms that had begun in contentious sectors such as education and justice; and the need for the National Commission on the Promotion of Bilingualism and Multiculturalism to undertake a wide-ranging review of Cameroon’s policies pertaining to the two official languages.
Author: Constitutional Options Project