Présidentielle au Cameroun : Samuel Eto’o et Joseph Antoine Bell roulent pour Paul Biya
With just over a month to go before Cameroon's presidential election scheduled for October 12, Head of State Paul Biya, who has been in power for over forty years, has launched the electoral machinery of his party, the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM).
An official note published at the beginning of August made public the composition of the National Campaign Commission, responsible for steering the mobilization across the country.
While the central structure has hardly come as a surprise, it is its local branches that have revealed some unexpected choices. As Jeune Afrique notes, football icon Samuel Eto'o, now president of the Cameroon Football Federation (Fecafoot), is among the outgoing president's supporters. The pan-African media outlet reports that "according to an official document consulted by Jeune Afrique, his name appears as vice-president of the head of state's campaign team in Ngambé (Littoral), his native village." This is not the first time the former striker has publicly endorsed Paul Biya.
The commitment of former footballers doesn't stop there. Still in Ngambé, Joseph-Antoine Bell, former Indomitable Lions goalkeeper and renowned consultant, has also joined the local team. As early as December 2019, he publicly supported government policy by promoting "the code of regional and local authorities, which he presented as a step in decentralization, seeing it as a guarantee of balance and historical legitimacy," reports Jeune Afrique.
Beyond sports figures, the campaign relies on a financial contribution imposed on every political, administrative, or economic leader. According to internal CPDM documents consulted by Jeune Afrique, a specific scale governs these contributions. Vice-presidents of the National Assembly must contribute 2 million CFA francs. Secretaries in the Senate or Regional Council offices are required to contribute 1 million CFA francs, while senators and deputies each pay 500,000 CFA francs.
Local elected officials are not spared. Mayors must contribute 500,000 CFA francs, their deputies 100,000 CFA francs, and municipal councilors only 10,000 CFA francs. Regional councilors, for their part, are asked to pay 50,000 CFA francs. As for members of the government, their contribution reaches 2 million CFA francs. Former ministers and secretaries general are allocated 1 million CFA francs, while directors and deputy directors of central administration must pay 500,000 CFA francs and 150,000 CFA francs respectively.
Commentaires (19)
C'est vrai que l'opération chirurgicale la plus difficile à effectuer en Afrique, c'est séparer un Président de son fauteuil !!
Et après ça, on voudrait que les pays d'Afrique soient considéré dans le monde. Heureusement que le Sénégal s'est toujours démarqué en terme de Démocratie.
Personne ne leur demande de faire de la politique mais ils pouvaient s’abstenir de supporter ce vieillard ridicule qui ridiculise le Cameroun.
Si demain le pouvoir change, ils n’auront aucune honte à supporter les nouvelles autorités
Les camerounais sont des grandes gueules mais ils n’ont de leçon à donner à personne
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