Cameroon Elections: Constitutional Hearing on Thursday

Yaounde - The Cameroon's Constitutional Council will on Thursday begin hearing petitions from some opposition candidates and voters dem...

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Yaounde - The Cameroon's Constitutional Council will on Thursday begin hearing petitions from some opposition candidates and voters demanding the nullification of the Oct 7 presidential poll, said Secretary General of the institution Malego Joseph Asse in a statement.

Hearings will begin at 11 am local time in the capital, Yaounde, Asse said.

According to the Cameroonian electoral body, Elections Cameroon (Elecam) 25 petitions have been filed by voters and candidates asking for the election to be either partially or totally annulled.

President Paul Biya

Presidential candidates including Joshua Osih from the leading opposition Social Democratic Front (SDF), Maurice Kamto from the Cameroon Renaissance Movement (CRM), and Cabral Libii from the UNIVERS, decry among other things "irregularities" and "disregard of electoral law" that their team observed during the polling.

According to Cameroon Electoral Code, the Constitutional Council is expected to proclaim the final results of the election by Oct 22.

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