The Cameroon Democratic Party (PDC), heir to the nascent state under André Marie Mbida, is making its voice heard to elevate the political debate in Cameroon. Its recent target: the November 7, 2025, communiqué from the Minister of Trade, Luc Magloire Mbarga Atangana, intended to revive "freedom of enterprise."

According to the PDC, the ministerial document, published just after the inauguration of President Paul Biya, is merely an illusion of continuity . It perpetuates a "centralized model where decisions are handed down from the top and where young people remain mere spectators of their own future." The criticism is scathing: behind the "announcement effect," the party sees "no budget, no planning, no monitoring mechanism."

🗣️ From the Power that Proclaims to the Participation that the PDC Builds

In response to this approach deemed unilateral, the Cameroon Democratic Party proposes a fundamentally participatory economic governance .

1. Key Proposal: Transform the Economic, Social (and Environmental) Council into a mandatory advisory body for any reform affecting trade, employment and youth.

The Illusion of Openness: The Real Obstacles Ignored

The minister is calling on young people to seize the opportunities offered by the AfCFTA, but the PDC denounces the lack of response to the real obstacles : access to credit, the lack of appropriate training, deteriorating infrastructure, and bureaucratic red tape. "Entrepreneurial audacity" is being promoted instead of a structured public policy.

The PDC's action plan is concrete:

1. Creation of a national guarantee and co-financing fund to support productive micro-projects.
2. Implementation of a business creation support and accelerated training system in each region .

📜 Recycled Laws, Maintained Bureaucracy

The Ministry of Commerce is also criticized for recycling the 2015 and 2016 laws on free trade without acknowledging their failure to implement. The conclusion is undeniable: bureaucracy still reigns supreme .

To remedy this, the PDC demands a radical solution:

1. Complete digitization of economic procedures via a national digital portal .
2. Objective: To guarantee transparency, speed, and put an end to discretionary authorizations.

💰 Money, Logistics and Trust: The Walls of Small Businesses

On the ground, the reality is harsh: young entrepreneurs face bank reluctance , impassable roads , high energy costs , and institutionalized cronyism . The lack of effective legal recourse against non-payment of invoices further erodes confidence.

The PDC proposes to transform financing and logistics:

1. Creation of a public local development bank dedicated to financing micro-enterprises, SMEs and cooperatives.
2. Launch of a massive investment plan in food production and local processing sectors.

📊 Governing by Evidence: The End of Official Verbalization

For President Louis-Tobie Mbida's party, the current administration is content with a talk of recovery without figures, without follow-up, and without performance indicators .

The PDC places budgetary transparency and citizen oversight at the center of its doctrine: "every franc spent must be verifiable".

In conclusion, the PDC decides:

"Where the current power proclaims, the PDC builds; where it gives instructions, the PDC advocates participation; where it promises freedom, the PDC wants to offer the means to exercise it."

Building on the legacy of the founding fathers (André-Marie Mbida, Mathias Djoumessi and Claude Akono), the Democrats claim to have the historical will to bring Cameroon back to the path of real prosperity .