a écrit le 6 septembre 2011 à 1h51 @TOUS
Revélations de WIKILEAKS : le rapport d'un meeting entre Popol et l'ex ambassadeur des US aux Cameroun
( Desolé c'Est en anglais)
¶1. (C) Summary: On February 4 [2010], Ambassador met with President Paul Biya for a two-hour tour d´horizon of domestic and international issues. Biya was concerned about the threat of Islamic extremism. He praised growing Central African regional cooperation and improved relations with Nigeria. He was positive about the recent Copenhagen summit although frustrated with China´s role.
The President appreciated strong US-Cameroonian commercial ties, especially Boeing´s interest in CAMAIRCO. He predicted more anti-corruption arrests, affirming that he would not let corrupt
officials out of prison until they had shown remorse. He agreed that a lot of money had been stolen by corrupt officials and that budget transparency needed to be improved. The Electoral Commission (ELECAM) "keeps me awake at night," he said, arguing that the main problem with ELECAM was creating a "mechanism" for it to function well and independently within a system which is so dominated by the central government. He is working on a new electoral code, which he plans to submit to parliament in March, and he hopes Senate elections will be held in the second quarter of 2010.
Biya was warm and chatty, obviously pleased to be meeting, venturing into numerous tangents. He gave nothing away about possible early elections or his running for president while cryptically (maybe wistfully) mentioning retirement .
End summary.
Islamic Extremism
¶2. (S) Biya began the meeting by thanking the Ambassador for U.S. intelligence cooperation with Cameroon. He was beginning to worry about Islamic extremists infiltrating Cameroon from Nigeria and making inroads through Cameroonian mosques.
Regional Developments
¶3. (C) Biya saw a new spirit of cooperation in Central Africa. He was pleased with the January heads of state meeting of the Monetary and Economic Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) in Bangui, which brought significant reforms to the institution and the Central African Bank, BEAC (septel). He gave much of the credit for renewed regional cooperation to Gabonese President Ali Bongo. Chadian President Idris Deby feels more secure and is engaging more in the region, including asking Biya for advice, the President said, while engagement by the Central African Republic was limited because of its instability. Biya opined that CEMAC was too small but that merging with the Economic Com
Revélations de WIKILEAKS : le rapport d'un meeting entre Popol et l'ex ambassadeur des US aux Cameroun
( Desolé c'Est en anglais)
¶1. (C) Summary: On February 4 [2010], Ambassador met with President Paul Biya for a two-hour tour d´horizon of domestic and international issues. Biya was concerned about the threat of Islamic extremism. He praised growing Central African regional cooperation and improved relations with Nigeria. He was positive about the recent Copenhagen summit although frustrated with China´s role.
The President appreciated strong US-Cameroonian commercial ties, especially Boeing´s interest in CAMAIRCO. He predicted more anti-corruption arrests, affirming that he would not let corrupt
officials out of prison until they had shown remorse. He agreed that a lot of money had been stolen by corrupt officials and that budget transparency needed to be improved. The Electoral Commission (ELECAM) "keeps me awake at night," he said, arguing that the main problem with ELECAM was creating a "mechanism" for it to function well and independently within a system which is so dominated by the central government. He is working on a new electoral code, which he plans to submit to parliament in March, and he hopes Senate elections will be held in the second quarter of 2010.
Biya was warm and chatty, obviously pleased to be meeting, venturing into numerous tangents. He gave nothing away about possible early elections or his running for president while cryptically (maybe wistfully) mentioning retirement .
End summary.
Islamic Extremism
¶2. (S) Biya began the meeting by thanking the Ambassador for U.S. intelligence cooperation with Cameroon. He was beginning to worry about Islamic extremists infiltrating Cameroon from Nigeria and making inroads through Cameroonian mosques.
Regional Developments
¶3. (C) Biya saw a new spirit of cooperation in Central Africa. He was pleased with the January heads of state meeting of the Monetary and Economic Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) in Bangui, which brought significant reforms to the institution and the Central African Bank, BEAC (septel). He gave much of the credit for renewed regional cooperation to Gabonese President Ali Bongo. Chadian President Idris Deby feels more secure and is engaging more in the region, including asking Biya for advice, the President said, while engagement by the Central African Republic was limited because of its instability. Biya opined that CEMAC was too small but that merging with the Economic Com
