IS ISSA TCHIROMA BAKARY A DISTRACTOR OR A LIBERATOR?
IS ISSA TCHIROMA BAKARY A DISTRACTOR OR A LIBERATOR?
THE PROFILE OF THE MAIN OPPOSITION CANDIDATE OF THE 2025 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN CAMEROON
The Unique Candidate of the Opposition Coalition: His Excellency, Dr. Issa Tchiroma Bakary
By The Afrisocrat Political Desk
🧑🎓 Early Life, Education & Family
Born on 10 September 1949 in Garoua, northern Cameroon, Issa Tchiroma Bakary grew up in a respected family. His father served as an advisor to the Lamido, instilling in him values of responsibility, discipline, and service to the community.
After early schooling in Douala, he pursued technical training in transport and materials engineering before traveling to Paris. At the University of Paris (Jussieu), he prepared for a PhD in mathematics before redirecting his focus to mechanical engineering at ISMCM, graduating as a railway engineer. Returning home, he worked at Regifercam in Douala, embodying the discipline and pragmatism of a technocrat committed to service.
⚖️ Early Political Career & Imprisonment
In 1984, after the failed coup against President Paul Biya, Issa Tchiroma—though innocent—was swept up in the regime’s paranoia and jailed for over six years in the infamous Kondengui and Yoko prisons. There, he taught himself English and sharpened his vision of a just Cameroon.
Released in 1990, he immediately stepped into politics. In 1992, he was elected to the National Assembly under the UNDP banner and became Minister of Transport (1992–1996), demonstrating competence and courage during a period of uncertainty.
🏛️ Government Roles & Party Leadership
In 2007, Tchiroma founded the Front for the National Salvation of Cameroon (FSNC), a centrist party that balanced economic liberalism with social justice. Later, as Minister of Communication (2009–2019), he was thrust into controversies such as the Anglophone crisis and the internet blackout, moments that revealed the contradictions of working under Biya’s repressive regime.
From 2019 to June 2025, he served as Minister of Employment and Vocational Training before resigning. His resignation was not just personal—it was a political earthquake, a rejection of Paul Biya’s four decades of suffocating misrule.
🗳️ The Biya Regime: A Record of Failure
For 43 years, Paul Biya has turned Cameroon into a personal estate rather than a republic. The regime has delivered:
Endless corruption where billions vanish while hospitals collapse.
Youth unemployment at catastrophic levels, pushing young Cameroonians to risk their lives in deserts and oceans.
The Anglophone crisis, left to fester for 9 years, with massacres in Kumba, Ekondo-Titi, and Bamenda, all while the government insists “normalcy has returned.”
Healthcare in ruins, where the poor die at hospital doors for lack of a bribe.
Education hijacked by inequality, leaving millions without access while ministers’ children study abroad.
A hollow democracy, where elections are stage-managed, and dissenters are jailed or exiled.
Paul Biya’s Cameroon is not a country but a business empire, where the predator feeds on the people, and citizens are reduced to prey.
🗳️ Transition to Opposition & 2025 Presidential Bid
On 24–25 June 2025, Issa Tchiroma broke free from this suffocating system. With a 20-page manifesto, he declared a new path for Cameroon—anchored on federalism, youth empowerment, justice, and true national reconciliation.
In electrifying speeches from Garoua to Douala, he declared: “Cameroon will no longer be a plantation for a few. It will be a nation for all.”
🏛️ Opposition Landscape, Popularity & Winning Prospects
The political landscape shifted dramatically on 5 August 2025 when Maurice Kamto was disqualified by ELECAM, a decision upheld by the Constitutional Council. Kamto’s supporters—disillusioned but determined—rallied behind Issa Tchiroma Bakary.
Today, Tchiroma is not just a candidate—he is the symbol of hope. With 70% of the electorate potentially on his side and guaranteed strength in the north (50% of votes), he is poised to break Biya’s long reign. His coalition is the largest Francophone-African political alliance, drawing in heavyweights who now recognize him as the only man who can deliver victory.
✅ The Liberator and Unifier Cameroon Deserves
Issa Tchiroma Bakary’s story is one of survival, resilience, and transformation. From prisoner of conscience to minister, from insider to rebel, he embodies the paradox of experience and rebellion that Cameroon needs.
He is not simply running for office. He is running to end a 43-year-old dictatorship, to heal a divided nation, and to unite a people broken by tribalism, corruption, and neglect.
Cameroon stands at a crossroads. On 12 October 2025, the people will choose between another decade of misery under Biya’s failing system or a new dawn of unity and freedom under Issa Tchiroma Bakary.
The Afrisocrat’s Verdict
History is calling. Cameroon is bleeding. The people are tired. The hour of liberation has come.
The Afrisocrat boldly declares: Issa Tchiroma Bakary is the Liberator and Unifier Cameroon has been waiting for.
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