FLASHBACK SNAPSHOT COUNCIL AND PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION EVE 2013 (Part 1 of 2)

FLASHBACK SNAPSHOT COUNCIL AND PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS EVE 2013 (Part 1 of 2)


By Tikum Mbah Azonga

It`s just days to go before the council and parliamentary elections billed for the 30th of September 2013. And if there is any apt expression to describe the state of the campaign as various political parties take the country by storm, it is that of exhaustion. This is because since the campaign began a little over a week ago, the battle has been relentless on all fronts. There has been no let up.

Even so, at the end of the day, what matters is who wins. What matters is which party and which candidate will grab the most votes. It will be interesting to see to what extent the political map and configuration of both local councils and the national assembly in Cameroon will change in coloration – if at all.

As things stand, if the present reading of the chess board is anything to go by, then the ruling party , Paul Biya`s CPDM, will have the upper hand – at least psychologically – because the party picked up the lion`s share of votes at the nation`s first-ever senate elections that took place some months ago. Furthermore, the CPDM commands an absolute majority in the outgoing National Assembly and a greater number of the councils nationwide.

Whatever way one looks at it, the September 30 council and parliamentary elections will be a make or mar exercise for Ni John Fru Ndi`s party, the SDF, which has since its inception and since the reintroduction of multiparty politics in 1990, stood unbeaten as Cameroon`s main opposition party.

Nonetheless, although at the time of its creation back then, the popularity of the SDF and that of its national chairman, Ni John Fru Ndi, were at an all-time high, the crescendo or honeymoon was soon followed by dwindling fortunes. The SDF lost control of. . .

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