Although many reasons explain his determination to remain at the head of the state until the big night, even at the price of hectoliters of blood of his compatriots, the passion of the Cameroonian president for the luxury offered by the Geneva hotel establishment , which passion can only be satisfied at the expense and expense of the Cameroonian taxpayer, leaving him no choice but to die in power or ... to die in power.
Just read this article published in April 2014 on blogs.mediapart.fr, and today more than ever, when the senile African dictator shines by his absence from his country at the edge. of the civil war, to seize the motivational springs of the inconsistency of the Cameroonian president who adjures his slaves to "tighten the belt", while he likes to lead a life of unrepentant enjoyer.
On January 19, Cameroonians in the diaspora led an international effort to try to dislodge President Paul Biya from the Intercontinental Hotel in Geneva and alert world public opinion about the catastrophic situation in Cameroon. According to the Cameroonian diaspora, Paul Biya would rent an entire floor of this luxury hotel in Geneva for him and about fifty relatives at the expense of the Cameroonian taxpayer. An opulent lifestyle that contrasts sharply with the misery of his country, which he has led with an iron fist for over 30 years, and which is sinking into a socio-economic disaster.
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The desperate misery of the Cameroonian people
People pull the devil by the tail and the basket of the housewife empties day after day. "For several months, the vast majority of Cameroonians struggle to have a baguette for breakfast. The price of staple goods is growing at an exponential rate, pushing the taxpayer into dire poverty. The mismanagement of the leaders is disgusting, "says a Frenchman married to a Cameroonian. More than two years ago, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) produced a report "of a rare severity" on the economic management of Cameroon. "The list of criticisms addressed to Cameroonian leaders is very long. IMF experts are jumbled up at the lack of infrastructure, poor governance, and the bad business climate, "the result of which is today
"An entire floor of the Intercontinental Hotel Geneva rented year round"
Meanwhile, Paul Biya basks in one of the most expensive hotels in the world ... the Intercontinental Hotel in Geneva where, according to our sources, he would rent all the 6th floor to the year and this, for a pharaonic sum. An opulent enclave of Geneva on the high banks of Lake Geneva. A haven of happiness for the great of this world: Arab princes with shovels, statesmen, businessmen handpicked. Bill Clinton has stayed there. Herbert Schott, having spent 35 years at the head of the Intercontinental Hotel in Geneva, until 2002, tells dozens of anecdotes about his most famous clients, in his book entitled "L'HÔTELIER", published in 2007. It can be read that among the 157 heads of state who stayed during its management at the Intercontinental Hotel, Paul Biya is the one who has most marked him. As for his three children, they also have their place in the Lake Geneva paradise, where they study in the very select Collège du Léman, in Geneva. An upscale school whose tuition and boarding costs cost a whopping 78,000 euros per year per student, according to Jeune Afrique. "How can we afford such an insolent luxury, when the country we lead is classified HIPC (Heavily Indebted Poor Country) by the Bretton Woods institutions?", Offends an activist, named Thierry, before to add that "Paul Biya is dangerous, nasty and bloodthirsty and that it must at all costs prevent him from drowning, to destroy Cameroon by all possible means". A situation and a behavior that most Cameroonians find shocking,
"Desperate attempt to dislodge the dictator by force"
What explain the anger of the activists who went to Geneva to protest against Paul Biya and some of whom did not hesitate to enter the Intercontinental Hotel, January 19, in a desperate attempt to "dislodge the dictator by force". "We explained to the staff and managers of this hotel that the money that Biya and his friends spend in this hotel belongs to the Cameroonian people," thundered four Cameroonian activists who were able to enter the building before to be stopped by Swiss police and the security of the establishment. They swore they will "hunt down wherever he goes to waste money from Cameroonians".
A letter written by a collective in the name of "free Cameroon" has also been sent to the Swiss authorities to demand the expulsion of Paul Biya from the Swiss territory. "The Intercontinental Hotel Geneva is an accomplice in the intensification of misery and homelessness of the Cameroonian people. We invite Cameroonians, friends of Cameroonians, Swiss, and the world to add their voice to the campaign to ask this hotel to no longer accept Biya and her friends as customers. We must make it clear to the leaders of the Intercontinental Hotel that the Cameroonian people will not be silent, as long as they choose to participate in the looting of our country, "concluded the activists.
NB: This article was published in April 2014. More than three years later, it seems to have been written today, and there is no hope that it will change in the years to come.
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