A few months before the legislative and municipal elections, Jean Nkueté, SG of the RDPC, pulls out the big conspiratorial artillery. “Triangular collusion,” “spiritual enemies”… The head of the ruling apparatus prefers to invoke mysticism rather than face reality: the wear and tear of power, the anger of Cameroonians, and the failure of a system out of breath.
Another speech of escapism. On July 15, 2026, in Yaoundé, Jean Nkueté, Secretary General of the RDPC, chose the easy way out. Instead of an assessment, he delivered an incantation. According to him, the “last elections revealed a very large and discreet triangular collusion of negative forces printed and supported by local, external, and spiritual enemies against the flourishing of Cameroon.”
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“Spiritual enemies.” That’s the level.
After 43 years of undisputed rule, the RDPC has no more political arguments. So the ghosts come out. Invisible scapegoats are designated to explain the inexplicable: queues, youth unemployment, roads in tatters, high cost of living. It’s easier than admitting that the people can’t take it anymore.
This “triangular collusion” that Mr. Nkueté talks about is actually very simple to decode. 1st angle: the “locals” are the millions of Cameroonians who vote differently because they want change. 2nd angle: the “externals” are the observers who dare to criticize. 3rd angle: the “spirituals” is the mystical touch to scare and muzzle.
The SG of the ruling party thus insults the intelligence of the voters. Reducing popular discontent to a diabolical plot is to refuse democratic debate. It is to treat Cameroonians as irresponsible and incapable of making their own choices.
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The most serious? This statement comes from the number 2 of the RDPC. The one who is supposed to embody rigor and strategy. Yet he proposes nothing. No solution. No self-criticism. Just fear and division.
Cameroon does not need witch hunts. It needs roads, hospitals, schools, and jobs. The “negative forces” weighing down the country are neither spiritual nor external. They are inside: corruption, stagnation, contempt for the citizen.
Mr. Nkueté would do better to convene his party for a real assessment instead of summoning spirits. Because by seeing enemies everywhere, one ends up forgetting the main thing: the people.
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