Cameroon: Opposition MPs disrupt parliamentary session as fearful house speaker avoids to table the anglophone crisis

Parliamentarians of Cameroon's leading opposition party SDF have forced the National Assembly to suspend it's ordinary session for today, Thursday, November 23 2017.The disruption comes as a result of the parliament's unwillingness to address the ongoing Anglophone struggle that has gripped the nation over a year now with over 100 deaths.

Parliamentarians from the ruling CPDM party, including a handful from the affected English speaking regions of the country all staged a walk out of the Assembly as their colleagues from the SDF chanted songs against the ills of the Biya regime. A source at the National Assembly reports to Cameroon Concord that the Interim Vice Prime Minister, Minister Delegate at the Presidency in charge of relations with Parliament is currently holding talks with the striking MPs. The disruption all began at about 11 am Thursday morning when Joseph Banadzem of the main opposition party raised the Anglophone crisis.

This was reportedly given a deaf ear, prompting serious chanting from the opposition MPs. Unable to react in the face of the chanting MPs, the speaker of parliament who appeared to have no powers to bring forth the issues to be discussed had no other option, but to walk out, accompanied by other colleagues.SDF parliamentarians had initially refused to attend this final ordinary session as long as the Anglophone crisis is not looked into.