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79 22 Cameroon Report 21/5/1984: Reflection on May 20 The act of mediation may assume various postures, moods and objectives, but it all seems to lead to a conscious effort to achieve a better and deeper understanding of the human condition and the universe at large. Mediation may seek to accommodate the mind to a situation which it cannot control; it may unfortunately turn out not only to be a means of accommodating selfresignation but a pseudo-religious form of escapism. Mediation as an act of positive thinking however requires that after having ruminated and prayed earnestly to the Gods of the Land for protection against our enemies, we must at the same time engage in a critical self-examination in order to achieve a clearer vision of what is at stake. The New Deal Administration, endorsed by the unanimous vote of January 1984, emerged from the dark horizon of political and economic stagnation, promising a brighter and more confident future for the nation. Granted that the New Deal package carried many more promises than it has delivered, it was not confidence nor conviction that it lacked. The New Deal could not be said to have been too ambitious, if a few individuals had decided to cooperate with it. Sincere cooperation is what the New Deal asked for; nothing more. It had counted on every Cameroonian for this cooperation, but then we had also relied on certain political incumbents whose continued presence in the running of 80 public business symbolised everything that stood against the aspirations of the New Deal Administration. The moment of truth was revealed in the betrayal of April 6th this year, when army mutineers attempted a coup d’état. After the April 6th events, Cameroonians are all convinced that the country does not need another cataclysm to remind it of the past and to make it see the path the future must take. The President has appealed for confidence and we believe this confidence has been considerably restored. It can only be consolidated if the public business doubles its pace and catches up with time already lost. Sam-Nuvala Fonkem ...

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