Biya remains silent in the face of end-of-year crises

President Paul Biya has remained silent in the face of all the crises  shaking the country as a result of the Anglophone struggle.

The 84-year-old, who has been in power for 35 years already, is yet to make any outing to the crisis-torn zones.

The only major media outing he has made was a tweet in October 2017 when he condemned "all the violence whatever their origin" which accompanied the October 1 'independence' manifestations in Southern Cameroons.

About 100 persons reportedly lost their lives and several injuries were recorded in clashes between civilians and forces of La Republique.

The last time he openly uttered a word about the crisis in the country was during his end-of-year speech in December 2016. "Cameroon is one and indivisible[...]," he had dictated to the people.

At a time when most people see federation as the only way-out of the crisis, Mr Biya insists that we have to follow what the "founding fathers of nation " had started.

And now the crisis has moved to parliament, with MPs of the leading opposition party SDF protesting for a thorough examination of the unrest in parliament.

After championing a boycott of the opening ceremony of the final ordinary session of the year, the MPs embarked on a move to block the finance bill from being passed.

MPs from the other opposition parties have reportedly backed their colleagues from SDF.

But MPs from the ruling party, who constitute the majority, are forcing the bill through.

The budget for 2018 stands at FCFA 4513.5 billion against FCFA 437.8 billion last year. This implies an increase of 3.2%.