US EditionCameroon: Members Elect Well-Known Faces of Parliament at the Head of Both Chambers
- Théodore Datouo was elected president of Cameroon's National Assembly, ending Cavaye Yeguié Djibril's 34-year tenure since 1992.
- Datouo, previously vice president of the assembly and deputy from Bangou in the Western Region, was chosen by the ruling RDPC party's Central Committee.
- Djibril represented Mayo-Sava and oversaw the construction of the parliament's new headquarters, called the Paul Biya Glass Palace.
- Civil society welcomed the leadership change as significant and a test for the Parliament's independence and credibility, stated Nkongho Felix Agbor.
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While Cameroon is still awaiting the reshuffle of its government, the country's deputies elected, on Tuesday 17 March, well-known faces of Parliament at the head of both chambers. Their predecessors had been in place for decades.
The elected representatives of the Democratic Rally of the Cameroonian People (DRPC, in power) were informed on 17 March of the decision of their national president, Paul Biya, to replace the presidents of the National Assembly and the Senate. A major turning point.
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In Cameroon, Theodore Datouo succeeded Cavaye Yeguié Djibril, who spent 34 years at the head of this institution. Aboubakary Abdoulaye will now lead the Senate. The West and the North (two new veins) that reigned in the reins of the two chambers. The perch has changed from m)an to m)an without a break, but not without political significance. Cameroon's deputies, meeting in plenary in Yaoundé, elected Théodore Datouo as President of the National …
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