31/10/2025
🇨🇲 Statement from Issa Tchiroma Bakary: “Our Victory Will Not Be Stolen”
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Fellow Cameroonians,
Since the proclamation of distorted election results by the Constitutional Council, our country has been gripped by unprecedented tension. Once again, the will of the people has been confiscated, and the sovereignty of the nation trampled upon. But this time, the people have risen — standing tall, proud, and brave — to say no to the seizure of power.
Across all regions — from North to South, East to West — Cameroonians have spoken peacefully, armed only with the weapon granted to them by the Constitution: their voice.
Yet, that voice was met with gunfire. Real bullets answered songs of freedom. Our sons and daughters were struck down in their youth, and peaceful marches turned into blind repression, marked by targeted arrests and profiling.
Today, the provisional toll is heavy:
Arbitrary arrests of political leaders, civil society figures, content creators, and thousands of protesters.
Hundreds dead or wounded.
Families plunged into mourning, recalling the traumatic memories of 1984.
While the people grieve their martyrs, those responsible for this tragedy celebrate shamelessly, flaunting their cynicism and contempt for the people on social media.
In one viral video, the President of the Constitutional Council himself, visibly intoxicated, boasted of having “ensured” the outgoing president’s victory.
> What a shame for our Republic!
But those who believe fear will make us yield are mistaken: a people who have lost their fear are an invincible people.
Fellow Cameroonians,
Despite this climate of terror designed to silence us, we will not give up.
👉 From Monday, November 3 to Wednesday, November 5, I call on all citizens to observe “ghost towns.” Let the entire nation come to a standstill — so the world sees that we are resisting and that we will not surrender.
Let us close our shops, suspend our activities, and stay home in silence, showing solidarity and reminding this regime that the strength of an economy lies in its people — and this people no longer recognize it as their leader.
The time for fear and division is over.
Let us stand united, proud, and steadfast against those who preach peace while spreading terror, misery, and blood.
Let us remain calm yet determined, dignified yet unyielding.
> Our victory will not be stolen.
I have pledged never to betray you — and I will not.
Together, we will triumph.
May God bless Cameroon.
Glory and honor to our martyrs.
Long live the Republic.
— Issa Tchiroma Bakary
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