THE CASE FOR JUSTICE : PEACE, PEACE AND YET THERE IS NO PEACE!

Dear Cameroonians and Concerned Citizens of the World

Greetings. Before I proceed with the case for Justice, I will appreciate if we first of all explore these statements from 6 different versions of the Holy Bible. I happen to be a believer. So, if you are not one, don't take any offense as I am only very enthusiastic about building my case for Justice from my Christian standpoint granted that there  is quite a crowd of people who are followers of Jesus Christ out there,anyways. However, if anyone holds a different view about this, you are more than welcome to express them.

For those who admire my deep passion for justice, this will give some them some clues as to why I am very determined for the Tree and Body of Justice. To everyone is due Justice so long as we are born into this world and entitled to live. This should serve as a mirror for policy makers because charity does not go too far to help people trapped under primitive systems of government. Charity is a virtue no doubt but it is very meaningful when it is cultivated in a virtuous and free society where there is transparency and accountability.

New International Version (©1984)
They dress the wound of my people as though it were not serious. 'Peace, peace,' they say, when there is no peace.

New Living Translation (©2007)
They offer superficial treatments for my people's mortal wound. They give assurances of peace when there is no peace.

English Standard Version (©2001)
They have healed the wound of my people lightly, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"They have healed the brokenness of My people superficially, Saying, 'Peace, peace,' But there is no peace.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
They treat my people's wounds as though they were not serious, saying, 'Everything is alright! Everything is alright!' But it's not alright.

King James Bible
They have healed also the hurt [of the daughter] of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when [there is] no peace.

Cameroonians like most people oppressed are neither different from the Israelites who were trapped in Egypt under bondage nor the United States of America that was marginalized and oppressed by the King of England in the 17th century. My case for a free and virtuous Cameroon society in the 21st century has one of the most profound merits ever before people who will choose to reason like King Solomon. I am right here in America as a Cameroonian dissident and stand corrected before humanity by the voluminous case I have made  for justice, liberty, freedom, human rights and civil rights against the backdrop of the Universal principles of human dignity by calling on all us to be involved  to free ourselves from the cave of corrupt tyranny and dictatorship.

The problem is the Cameroon government is not only bad but it is  an extremely corrupt government that has created a cosmetic anti-corrupt commission, which has no independent power to prosecute  the number one corrupt Cameroonian, Dictator Paul Biya. Everything is a joke in Cameroon under the dictatorship of Mr Paul Biya and his seasoned corrupt Ministers he recycles since he was made President of Cameroon.

You must understand why a country like Cameroon is a corrupt tyranny and dictatorship. It simply means regardless whether there are laws or rules, the band of corrupt men and women do whatever they like and simultaneously will destroy anyone who dare questions them by the use of brutal force and other retaliatory measures that result in gross violation of human rights. A very gruesome image of human rights violation in Cameroon has been well established and we expect that these individuals in Cameroon be held accountable.

This must be the responsibility of us Cameroonians, Africans and stakeholders present in Cameroon with vested interests. An interest in a country does not have to end up with a system of government powered by wicked men and women that cannot be tolerated in France, Britain, Germany and United States of America. If none of them can cope with that kind of weird government as it was practiced in the 17th century, then they should reason with us now. Why? 

A good government like most Western governments is one that is transparent and accountable to the people but when it fails to rise up to the acceptable standards that define governments in  other virtuous and free societies, we must synchronize with President Thomas Jefferson that such a government MUST be altered, abolished and changed immediately.

Most importantly because our people are dying every day because of lack of a good health care system, poor drinking water system, bad roads that pose a risk to public safety, corrupt police officers who collect bribes from public transporters allowing them to overload transportation vehicles, no jobs, no incentives to encourage small businesses, extremely high and corrupt taxes ,corrupt tax collectors, lack of sustainable development iniatives that could empower local farmers and provide a source of income for their families, corrupt trade embargoes at the port ,which stand in the way of trading between nations, bribery and corruption into professional schools, bribery and corruption in processing of public dossiers( documents) and corrupt judicial system that has no regards for the downtrodden.  

There has been countless tragic stories told about Cameroon over the years and I believe the world has read and understood. Cameroon has often been notorious as one of the most corrupt countries in the world around 1995 by Transparency International, a German based Non-governmental Organization, which prompted the cosmetic anti-corruption commission five years after the same government lashed out at Transparency International for intruding into the internal affairs of Cameroon government. In 2006, US Ambassador to Cameroon joined the fight against corruption and described the Anti-Corruption Commission as a government “Cosmetic" campaign against corruption.

The truth is up till date, the sole perpetrators of this endemic corruption in Cameroon have not declared their assets according to article 66 of our country's constitution. How can the anti-Corruption commission ever fight corruption in Cameroon when it has no power to enforce article 66 calling on Dictator Paul Biya and his government as well as public officials to declare their assets? They have never ever declared their assets and yet this is one of the laws of our country being openly violated and has been the sole cause of all the violation of human rights.

Worst still the people  are even brainwashed to accept their situation due to the cruel rule of Pharaoh. By constantly pressing on this case to remove Paul Biya, we want the world to know that we are not uninformed. We are too enlightened and have come to believe that no normal human being ought to be subjected under such a very cruel system regime in Cameroon in this century.

For 11 years now called upon Missionaries through the various Church leaders involved in Missionary work in Cameroon,which included but not limited to Presbyterian Church ,USA , Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Westminster Presbyterian Church in Minneapolis as well as government officials to join us in the struggle to change Cameroon so that it will be a better place for all people. 

We cannot bring down corrupt tyranny and dictatorship to the extent, which also hold dictator Paul Biya and his corrupt Ministers accountable per the country's constitution and international laws all by ourselves without imploring God almighty, the immortal, invisible and only invincible being. It is child's play to expect this to be achieved only by ourselves.

The Israelites had to come to terms with the fact that only God was their invaluable ally and companion in the struggle to be freed from bondage. So, too was the Joseph who depended solely on divine providence. Ask for David who had to face Goliath. It was David and the divine army of God who unleashed millions of angels and knocked down Goliath. We must win this war in the spiritual realm first.

Once that happens, nobody will stop the walls of apartheid, Berlin Wall, Segregation walls , slavery walls as well as the walls of corrupt tyranny and dictatorship operated by dictator Paul Biya and his corrupt/bad government in Cameroon against our people. We want the worldwide world to know that we are sick and tired of living with such ungrateful men and women in our society, Cameroon who for more than 30 years have never respected and valued the universal principles of human dignity. Peace can only reign where Justice is.

Those who are pleading only for peace without justice are only far too removed  from the truth about life.  This cause is for Justice. All over the world, the human family best understands what the virtue of justice means as everyone is due their own share of justice in order to live in peace and harmony

I stand corrected by my incessant quest for Justice 2006 by calling on the world to support our vision for change in Cameroon and the above case I have made should spur up action within the institutions and organizations that seek good governance and rule of law through transparency, and accountability. This will boost the effort of the civil society.

We can talk and preach peace in any form, shape or manner but peace does not exist and will never prevail where there is injustice under a lawless government like CPDM government of Cameroon.

If peace was that cheap, then there will be no causes for justice with the struggle for human rights, civil rights, liberty, freedom  , democracy and equality under law anywhere in  the world.

If peace was that cheap then there would have been no struggle against apartheid, racial segregation, slavery and corrupt tyranny by the King of Britain. Again let those who cry peace, peace and yet there is no peace start to practice peace within themselves by addressing the issues that we are addressing.

We have a country's constitution that is being violated every single day and it is only too strange that any  individual supporting the corrupt tyranny and dictatorship of Cameroon would come to a platform where we are making a case for systematic change and begin to sue and cry for peace where there is no justice.

We must respect the laws we have now and to the best of my knowledge, if  any government has no respect for the law, then why should innocent people be fooled to form a nation of citizenship?

Would it not be worthwhile that we all come out of the cave of corrupt tyranny and dictatorship into the light of liberty, life and pursuit of happiness where there is freedom, democracy and human rights to reflect what the founders conceived and implemented?

Jonathan Awasom