Professor Pascal Charlemagne Messanga Nyamnding, member of the central committee of the CPDM, was heard by a disciplinary committee on Wednesday. The party accuses him of a media outing in which he attacked certain members of the government. His detractors accuse him of having incited the army to the uprising or supported the teachers’ strike. The academic rejects the facts even if he is accustomed to critical remarks against his political family.
The Disciplinary Committee is deliberating, while on Wednesday everyone seems to have stuck to their guns. Pascal Charlemagne Messanga Nyamnding does not recognize the legality of the commission. He denounces “ a cabal, organized by high-ranking party members who want to replace President Paul Biya », According to him, the only person authorized to create an exceptional institution like this one.
Pascal Charlemagne Messanga Nyamnding considers that he has not committed ” No mistake “, but to be victim of persecution on the part of certain senior officials in the entourage of the Head of State, all against the backdrop of a war of succession. The teacher has always claimed freedom of tone. But his positions have often caused him setbacks within the CPDM.
According to an observer, Pascal Charlemagne Messanga Nyamnding would take systematically left against his own formation. This poses a serious problem of discipline and coherence within the CPDM, whose political tradition does not favor contradiction.. According to one expert, he even risks exclusion. I don’t understand why he hasn’t left the party for a long time. “, Indicates this source.
The academic on his side remains straight in his boots. According to him, ” democratic openness and freedom of expression are founding pillars of the country and the party “. No question for him, therefore, to put his criticisms on hold.