Over 10 additional candidacy papers were yesterday July 19, 2018 recorded at Elections Cameroon by hopefuls who intend competing for the October 7 presidential election. Midnight yesterday was the deadline for the receipt of documents from interested candidates or their representative according to the electoral law.
The candidatures were deposited at the General Directorate of ELECAM in Yaounde and at the regional branches of ELECAM as stipulated by the Electoral Code. Amongst those deposited yesterday are; Choupo Kamgaing Hervé, Etondé Etondé Jean Patrice and Barin Koulla Edouard, all independent candidates, Antoine de Padoue Ndemmanu of the ‘Rassemblement Démocratique du Peuple sans Frontiére’ (RDPF),Cabril Libii of the Univers party, Gabamidanha Rigbert, an independent candidate, Vincent Sosthène Fouda of ‘Mouvement Camerounais pour la Social Démocatie (MCPSD),
Jean Blaise Gwet of ‘Mouvement patriotique pour le changement du Cameroun (MPCC) and Zeh Amvene Genevieve of parti ‘sans frontiéres’, Habiba Issa of ‘Union des population du Cameroun (UPC) and Serge Espoir Matomba of the United People for Socila Renovation.
Meantime, other files earlier submitted at ELECAM include those of Borobo Kekomo, an independent candidate, Bertin Kisob of the Cameroon Party for Social Justice (CPSJ), Paul Biya of the Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement (CPDM), Maurice Kamto of the Cameroon Renaissance Movement (CRM), Feuzeu Isaac of the Movement for Emergence and Reawakening of the Citizen, better known by the French acronym MERCI, Akere Muna of the ‘Front populaire pour le développement’ (FPD), Garga Harman Adji of Alliance for Democracy and Development (ADD), Adamou Ndam Njoya of the Cameroon Democratic Union (CDU), Kum Ane Ihims of the Bilingual Yaounde (BIYA Party), Chantal Roger Tuilé of the ‘Debout le Cameroun’, Egono Valentine of the ‘Union Camerounaise pour la dèmocratie et l’innovation’, Joshua Osih of the Social Democratic Front.’
The depositing of these documents is in line with the provisions of Section 123 of the Electoral Code which warrants that these papers have to be deposited within ten days of the date of the convening of electors either at regional branches of Elections Cameroon or at the General Directorate of Elections in Yaounde.
Eulalia AMABO
Cameroon: More Candidacies Submitted At ELECAM
The documents submitted at the Elections management body as a required prerequisite to the manifestation of interest to run for the presidency write CT.