President in Cameroon: Issa Chiroma Bakary's Party Leaves the Polling Commission

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In Cameroon, there was an incident at the General Voting Census Commission, the work of which began on Friday, 17 October. The representative of candidate Issa Chiroma Bakary - who claims a large advance in the results - slammed the door to this body on Saturday, denouncing by this act alleged irregularities in the compilation of the results of the presidential elections of 12 October.

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The polling commission is about to announce presidential results which are already causing intense controversy throughout the country. According to well-informed sources, specific figures are circulating attributing 52% to the outgoing president Paul Biya against 39% to his main rival Issa Tchiroma. These controversial statistics would explain the abrupt departure of the FSNC from the work of the commission, thus marking a challenge to the unpre…