SDF Parliamentary Group raised a so called preliminary objection in order to have the bill on the institution of General Code of Regional and
Local Authorities which according to SDF "is marked only by its voluminousity and emptiness with no serious attempt to solve the current socio-political quagmire that the country is undergoing withdrawn and resubmitted only after aconsensual constitutional amendment."
The SDF Parliamentary Group Leader Honorable Chief PAUL NJI TUMASANG explained MPAS
"In effect, presenting this bill without first reviewing the fundamental law of the Land is synonymous to putting the cart before the horse. The bill is marked by contradictions and a strong desire to hang on to the government’s Jacobin and iner tendencies. We should stand boldly to solve our problems and not always sweep them under the carpet hoping that some strange extraterrestrials will come from a faraway planet to do so for us.
The threat to National Unity is as a result of the existential problems raised by the English Speaking Southern Cameroonian minority which freely took a political decision on the 11 th February 1961 to, on attainment of its independence on the 1 st October 1961, join the independent Republic of Cameroon who attained independence on the 1 st
January 1960 in a Federation of two States equal in status. This minority population was met with a condescending
attitude and violence when it raised the legitimate existential problem.