The Observer007
It took time, quite some time, to create Kadji Beer. It will take even more time, certainly much more time, to rebuild our image, our dignity, our credibility, and our respectability as a nation around the world.
Our compatriot Philémon Yang, former minister, former dean of the diplomatic corps in Ottawa, Canada, former deputy secretary-general of the presidency of the republic, and former prime minister, is presiding over the current session of the United Nations General Assembly, which began in mid-September 2024 at its headquarters in New York. It is a privilege, a merit, and a personal distinction, but in reality, it is primarily the triumph of a diplomatic strategy based on principles and values that honor our country, Cameroon, as a whole. We should be proud, and we are, rightly and legitimately.
But in the delicate and highly sensitive prospect that shapes, makes, and breaks relations between nations by constantly reconfiguring power dynamics and demonstrating through signs, actions, and explicit or implicit statements their place and credibility, nothing is ever left to chance. Everything counts, and the slightest announced or perceptible misstep can plunge everything into shame.
That’s the backdrop. Now, let’s see what hits us when the whole world learns that the government of Canada, through an authorized voice, expresses its reservations about the ethical and moral value of our nurses. A clear embargo is thus imposed.
Shame suddenly overwhelms us, but after the blow, comes questioning, and more than questioning, introspection. The entire country has just failed a test and has even been negatively singled out and ostracized. We are no longer trusted; we are feared and suspected. What is at stake, as announced, is what we represent professionally, and before that, how we train, and above all, our behavior. The world is watching us, and big eyes are fixed on us. They say no, no, no to our methods and practices.
Do not blame anyone; question your personal role, directly or indirectly. We have all contributed to this pariah status. The wretched of the earth, what is it, if not a bit of all this? ENAM, the falsification of land titles, village-based appointments and promotions, trampling on laws, the erection of ministries into states within the state. What a mess, carelessness, recklessness, malice, and contempt for the truth, for the Republic, and for the nation!
Accused, stand up and tell us how long it will take you to fix all this. It took time, quite some time, to create KADJI BEER, it will take even more time, certainly much more time, to fix all this. Who can say better?
It is already important to recognize and accept our illness, but it is even more important, necessary, and indispensable to recognize and accept that we are collectively responsible, and moreover, that no repair will be done without a spirit of dialogue, humility, forgiveness, and tolerance.
It is not enough to just change the government or the president of the Republic. The problem is deep, and the task of repair is gigantic.
