Isaac Feuzeu

Presidential flagbearer of the ‘Movement for the Emergence and Reawakening of Citizens’ (MERCI).

The Movement for the Emergence and Reawakening of Citizens (MERCI) party is not actually a new name in Cameroon’s political landscape. It has toiled on for ten years, though its report card may not read satisfactory given that it neither controls a council nor has representation at the National Assembly.
But party Chairman, Isaac Feuzeu believes that those ten years are enough to leave an impact on the lives of Cameroonians. The upcoming October 9 presidential poll, he says, offers MERCI the opportunity to come out of its past political limbo.
The party, although little known, is promising to unseat giants when the whistle is blown for the end of the race to the Etoudi Unity Palace after the Sunday October 9 poll. This hope is built on Mr Feuzeu’s governance programme for the country. The MERCI presidential torchbearer holds that the current unlimited seven-year presidential mandate is too vast for any meaningful development.
“MERCI hopes to reduce the mandate to five years, renewable twice,” Mr Feuzeu told prying journalists in Yaounde Monday September 19 during a news briefing. His party also hopes to establish what he says will be veritable partnerships with international organisations. “When we take over power, international organisations will partner with us and not decide what we do.” He also seems to have found a magic wand for the dreaded unemployment situation that currently stares the country and its citizens in the face. “We shall work to create 500,000 jobs annually, meaning 2.5 million jobs in five years,” he pledged.
The promises may sound too good to be true, but like any other politician who drafts people-friendly manifestos to lure voters, Isaac Feuzeu hopes to play his cards well to be given the country’s top job when electors decide on October 9.

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