Can people leave Franck Emmanuel Biya alone? Why all this mudslinging, witch-hunting and mayhem about Franck Biya, somebody who has refused to be assuming and overzealous as his peers in the African continent? It is often said that let sleeping dogs lie because they are harmless at that position. But anyone who advertently steps on the tail of a sleeping dog should prepare to face the dire consequences of its unforgiving fangs.
Franck Emmanuel Olivier Biya, the quiet and highly studious eldest son of President Paul Biya has been leading his life in discrete solitude, far from the madding crowd of politics and publicity. But since a renowned musician sang that whether you give birth to a child or not people must talk about you and that whatever thing you do here on earth, people must talk about you or about it, Franck Biya’s name has suddenly become sugar in the mouths of some people. However, talking positively about something somebody has done can be a source of encouragement for that person to do more and for others to emulate that laudable example. But to criticize unjustly and perhaps simply because you are not the other person by the mere law of nature and procreation and that you are unable to do what the other person has done is mere malice that needs to be energetically rebuked by people of conscience. It is common knowledge that being a celebrity or the child of a celebrity or political figure is a cause for discussions in certain areas, especially to idle minds and jealous people who have nothing to do. Equally, conventional wisdom holds that when you are unable to assail somebody, you attack that person’s dog in order to attract the person’s attention. Apprentis sorciers politicians and prophets of dome who on numerous occasions have been unable to face President Paul Biya in democratic elections, because they have no workable alternative to power, have decided to find solace in attacking his family and family members, especially as Paul Biya himself is exceedingly tolerant to insults and all sorts of attacks. But why should somebody pay for the crimes of another if at all such a person committed the apparent crimes? Even in legal jurisprudence, everybody is responsible for his or her acts, just as salvation is personal in the Bible.
Franck Emmanuel Biya, the eldest son of Paul Biya has suddenly become the centre of attraction, albeit his discreteness. In fact some media organs are sponsored by detractors of the presidential family to soil the name of Franck Biya and by extrapolation the presidential family. Franck Biya’s company AFRIONE CAMEROUN SA is being accused of procuring treasury bonds of CAMTEL and CNPS worth FCA 100 billion at zero interest. His detractors adduced that Franck Biya acquired the treasury bonds through an obscure procedure. A little known NGO, stealthily created to soil the name of Franck Biya went as far as demanding Parliament to one an inquiry into the matter, a request Parliament quashed. The reaction of parliament just like the numerous write-ups to defend Franck Biya is not accidental. Firstly, the acquisition of the Treasury Bonds by Franck Biya’s company was done in total legality and following laid down rules governing financial transactions. This is why even a group of lawyers has swung into action to defend the quiet Franck Biya who has chosen the private sector, where there is cut throat competition to earn his life honestly.
Why If Franck Biya Wanted To Behave Like Sons Of Other African Leaders?
Those who are out to soil Franck Biya’s name accused him of eyeing the presidency of Cameroon . This is completely false because since childhood, though born in the presidency, Franck Biya has never pretended to eye that portfolio. He decided to be aloof and passive about politics and very active in the private sector where he has employed many Cameroonians and is honestly earning his living without any external influence from his background. Franck Biya did his Primary, Secondary and Higher Education in Cameroon and never acted in school as the son of the Head of State. He was always simple and toed the line like any ordinary student. After High School he went abroad and obtained his Bachelor’s degree before proceeding to USA where he bagged an MBA in Business Administration. After his education, if Franck Biya wanted to behave like the children of other African leaders he would have fronted himself into the public administration and why not become a minister. But Franck Emmanuel Olivier Biya decided to fight for himself and not depend on his presidential background. News abound how children of African leaders have been chased away from schools abroad because of their extravagant life styles. Franck Biya went to school and nobody heard anything about him as he was modest and simple.
Did Cameroonians want Franck Biya to be like the children of late Colonel Khadaffi? In fact his children occupied the most important portfolios in government not through right but through might and the simple fact that their father was president. What about Kabila who succeeded his father or Faure Gnassimbe who as son of the President fronted, entered government and later succeeded his father at the helm of the State? What about Ali Bongo who was Minister of Defense and later succeeded his father? What about Karim Wade who wanted to put the entire country on fire because he wanted to succeed his father? What about Theodorin Obiang Nguema, son of the President of Equatorial Guinea that is being pursued international for financial crimes and who is second in command to his father and will possible succeed his father? Did Cameroonians want Franck Biya to be like these other sons of African leaders? Why not leave the young energetic Franck Biya pursue his business in tranquility as he has been doing? What crime has he committed? Is being the son of the Head of State, a crime? Cameroonians should instead congratulate Franck Biya for saving from collapse CAMTEL and CNPS, companies that are providing numerous jobs to Cameroonians. By the way Franck Biya is a mere shareholder in AFRIONE Cameroun S.A and is not liable to any financial crimes committed by the company. Enemies of progress should look for incriminating material somewhere else, but if they have to look for such material about Franck Biya, then it is an exercise in futility for he is financially clean.
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