CPP was legalized on January 26, 2010 and adds to hundreds of political parties already existing in the country.
BAMENDA--The Cameroon Party of Promise (CPP) has become the first religious political party in Cameroon.
It is headed by Francis Chi Ngante, a retired gendarmerie captain and a pastor of the Holy Ghost Revival Ministry, a Christian movement based here.
CPP was founded following “divine inspiration which came after 70 days of fasting and prayer”, Chi said. Its members are mostly “believers”, at least for now.
The party was presented to the media for the first time last week and would be launched in the coming months, in time for the 2011 presidential election.
Even though it would have a mission like every other political party, CPP would seek to “glorify God”, the party leader said.
“[If the] leaders of Cameroon refuse to obey God, they would be replaced [by those] ready to work hand-in-hand with God,” he said.
Chi repeatedly talked about the will of God, saying his party was different form those that have tried to solve problems through “human ability.”
Yet, his rhetoric also contained some of the issues any other politician seeking popular support would address: jobs, corruption, immorality etc.
He called Cameroon a “sick, very sick” country that needed to be delivered.
“God, by inspiring [me] to create this party, is declaring that enough is enough. Gone is bondage, poverty and misery that Cameroon has been undergoing,” he said.
Chi plans to run in the 2011 presidential election. In spite of finding fault with Elections Cameroon, he called for a massive registration of voters.
“When God decides, no one can do otherwise”, the CPP leader said. “Not even the faulty nature of ELECAM can stop us. If God decides that I will be the president of this country no one can stop me.”
Cameroon has hundreds of political parties, some of them really small, emerging around election time and disappearing soon after creation.
This party, which has “On God we Depend” as motto presently looks very much like a regional party.
All its leaders come form the North West even though the party hierarchy says it would have representatives nationwide.
Jude Viban, The Standard Tribune
BAMENDA--The Cameroon Party of Promise (CPP) has become the first religious political party in Cameroon.
It is headed by Francis Chi Ngante, a retired gendarmerie captain and a pastor of the Holy Ghost Revival Ministry, a Christian movement based here.
CPP was founded following “divine inspiration which came after 70 days of fasting and prayer”, Chi said. Its members are mostly “believers”, at least for now.
The party was presented to the media for the first time last week and would be launched in the coming months, in time for the 2011 presidential election.
Even though it would have a mission like every other political party, CPP would seek to “glorify God”, the party leader said.
“[If the] leaders of Cameroon refuse to obey God, they would be replaced [by those] ready to work hand-in-hand with God,” he said.
Chi repeatedly talked about the will of God, saying his party was different form those that have tried to solve problems through “human ability.”
Yet, his rhetoric also contained some of the issues any other politician seeking popular support would address: jobs, corruption, immorality etc.
He called Cameroon a “sick, very sick” country that needed to be delivered.
“God, by inspiring [me] to create this party, is declaring that enough is enough. Gone is bondage, poverty and misery that Cameroon has been undergoing,” he said.
Chi plans to run in the 2011 presidential election. In spite of finding fault with Elections Cameroon, he called for a massive registration of voters.
“When God decides, no one can do otherwise”, the CPP leader said. “Not even the faulty nature of ELECAM can stop us. If God decides that I will be the president of this country no one can stop me.”
Cameroon has hundreds of political parties, some of them really small, emerging around election time and disappearing soon after creation.
This party, which has “On God we Depend” as motto presently looks very much like a regional party.
All its leaders come form the North West even though the party hierarchy says it would have representatives nationwide.
Jude Viban, The Standard Tribune
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