From 23 August to 13 September 2020 the local section of the Social Democratic Front (SDF), a Cameroonian political party led by Chairman John Fru Ndi, organised for the third time a football holiday championship called "Ngoulemakong SDF Holiday Championship". The town of Ngoulemakong is a commune in Cameroon of about 20,000 inhabitants located in the department of Mvila, in the South Region. SDFCAMEROON.ORG had the privilege of asking 3 questions to President Félix Gildas Mbida Belinga.
SDFCAMEROON.ORG : Good Morning Mr. Felix Gildas MBIDA BELINGA, thank you for granting this interview to sdfcameroon.org. You are the President of the SDF Electoral District of Ngoulemakong. You are organizing from August 23 to September 13, 2020 the 3rd edition of the SDF Holiday Championship of Ngoulemakong. Could you briefly present this sporting activity? Are things going as planned after the first 10 days?
Félix Gildas Mbida Belinga (FGMB) : Hello Mr Oumarou, thank you for your interest in our championship. You forgot to mention that I am also a member of the National Executive Committee of the SDF. The SDf is doing very well in Ngoulemakong despite the intimidation of the regime in place.
I can tell you that the championship is going well at the moment. I can tell you that before organizing this championship, we made sure that we are in compliance with the legal regulations. Why ? Because we were able to obtain an authorization from the delegate of physical and sports activities of our district, we obtained a receipt of declaration of activities signed by the administrative authority which is the sous-préfet. So we are fully complying with the legal rules.
What are our motivations? Our motivations are to attract all the young people from the region to join the SDF, to set up committees in the 58 villages that constitute our district. In order to do this, we have to be present on the ground, we have to organize events that can attract young people; I must tell you here that doing politics in the opposition is very complicated...Young people are intimidated, if you visit the field you don't see young people, but when you organize an event that can attract them, you see them coming. Right now more than 500 young people from all the villages are gathered together to see, watch the different matches are on the fields. So here are some of our motivations.
The deteriorating socio-political and institutional situation currently prevailing in Cameroon is, and remains, a major concern for the Social Democratic Front (SDF). Finding a comprehensive and acceptable solution to the series of crises shaking the country remains the party's top priority.
