October 12 poll: CPP leader, Kah Walla, pens missive to diplomatic community.

The frontline political activist told the diplomats that since the presidential election of October 12, Cameroon has been sinking into a political, institutional, and moral crisis that threatens both its internal stability and that of the entire sub-region.

Kah Walla who ran for office of President in 2011, said the election, organised without transparency, guarantees of credibility, and trustworthy independent observers, has resulted in a complete confiscation of the sovereignty of the Cameroonian people.

Kah Walla was blunt that: “This is not a mere political dispute: it is the case of a people from whom the right to freely decide their future has once again been stolen”.

She disclosed to the diplomats that: “Since this electoral farce, thousands of Cameroonians—political activists, journalists, trade union members, students, community leaders—have been arrested, detained, or silenced, often without access to their lawyers, their families, or medical care”.

Kah Walla said the arbitrary arrests and detentions violate not only Cameroon's Code of Criminal Procedure but also the international commitments to which Cameroon has subscribed.

“This wave of repression reflects the panic of a regime incapable of governing except through fear and violence, a power clinging to itself at the expense of justice and human dignity,” she said.

Kah Walla told the diplomats that: “Your collective absence from the ceremony on October 27, 2025, at the Constitutional Council sent a powerful message. This gesture has shown that there are diplomats within the international community capable of hearing the cry of an oppressed people and standing on the side of truth. For this, the CPP expresses its sincerest acknowledgement”.

Do not legitimize injustice

In his letter, Kah Kalla informed the diplomats that: “Today, we are not asking you for interference, but for moral and political consistency. We appeal to the conscience of those who, in representing their nations, also uphold the universal values of freedom, justice, and human dignity”.

She said the CPP was demanding that diplomats to refuse to legitimise the sham election of October 12, 2025, by refraining from congratulating President Paul Biya.

Kah Walla pleaded with the diplomats to demand the immediate and unconditional release of all those detained for their political opinions, publicly challenge the Cameroonian government on the serious human rights violations committed since the election as well as support, through their diplomatic channels, the Cameroonian people's right to a genuine, peaceful, inclusive, and legitimate democratic transition.

Bankruptcy of official Pan-Africanism

Writing further, Kah Walla explained that as Africans “we would have preferred to address this letter first to our brothers and sisters on the continent—to our regional organizations, to our African Union, which is supposed to defend the sovereignty of peoples and not the perpetuation of regimes”.

Stating that reality is bitter, Kah Walla regretted that the African Union and several African governments rushed to congratulate Paul Biya, despite the evidence of fraud, exclusion, and repression.

She said the reflex of solidarity among leaders, against their own people, reveals the moral bankruptcy of institutional Pan-Africanism, now serving the preservation of power rather than Africa emancipation.

She insisted that true Pan-Africanism—that of Kwame Nkrumah, Patrice Lumumba, Amílcar Cabral, and Thomas Sankara—was not an alliance of presidents.

“It was a solidarity of free, united, and defiant peoples,” she said noting that: “Faced with the silence and complicity of official Africa, we appeal to the human conscience, wherever it may be found, to remind everyone that the struggle for justice and dignity knows neither borders nor geographical boundaries”.

This article was first published in The Guardian Post Edition No:3618 of Friday November 07, 2025