Cameroon Sets February Date for Long-Delayed Parliamentary and Local Elections
The vote follows two postponements that extended lawmakers’ and municipal councillors’ terms amid opposition crackdowns and questions over President Paul Biya’s health.
- On Monday, Cameroonian President Paul Biya announced via decree that legislative and local elections will be held on February 7, 2027, following two previous postponements of the polls.
- Government officials previously postponed these elections twice, forcing the extension of lawmakers' terms to December 20 and municipal councillors' terms to February 28, 2027, amid a tense political climate.
- Authorities suspended the Cameroon National Salvation Front last month, the party of opposition candidate Issa Tchiroma Bakary, who fled to the Gambia after declaring his own "victory" following the previous election.
- President Biya, 93, has ruled since 1982, but his frequent stays in Geneva fuel ongoing debate regarding his health and ability to govern, despite the 2024 ban on media discussions about his condition.
- Cameroon is also awaiting a government reshuffle announced nearly a year ago and the appointment of a vice president, a position reintroduced by constitutional reform in April to ensure succession.
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Cameroon Sets February Date for Long-Delayed Parliamentary and Local Elections
Cameroon will hold parliamentary and local elections on 7 February 2027, setting the stage for a vote that could test the ruling party's grip on power after a contested presidential election last year.
Nairobi, 10 Nov (EFE).- Cameroon's president, Paul Biya, who has been in power since 1982 and is the world's oldest head of state at the age of 93, called for legislative and local elections for February 7, 2027. In a presidential decree issued late Monday, Biya called the electorate to [...] The entry Cameroon's president calls for legislative and local elections on February 7, 2027 was first published in HolaNews.
Cameroon president sets date for twice-delayed elections
Cameroonian President Paul Biya, the world's oldest head of state, announced on Monday that legislative and local elections will be held on February 7 -- the first ballots since the veteran leader was reelected in contested polls last year
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