An 11th Hour Coalition

Critical elections were held in Cameroon October 7th, 2018 with the incumbent Paul Biya of the Cameroons People Democratic Movement facing eight (8) other opposition challengers.
The elections came at a particular time when the country is struggle to contain and pacify separatist actions in the Anglophone regions who are advocating for a breakaway state called Ambazonia.


Amongst the eight candidates challenging the incumbent (who has been 36 years in power) are:
Joshua Osih of the leading opposition party;
Mauric Kamto of the MRC party;
Akere Muna of the APP Party;
Franklin Ndifor of the MCNC party;
Serge Espoir Matoumba of PURS;
Garga Haman Adji of the ADD;
Adamou Ndam Njoya of the CDU; and above all
Cabral Libii of the Univers Party.

At the 11th hour (Friday October 5th) Akere Muna decided to withdraw his candidacy in order to weigh in behind Prof Maurice Kamto. This was in a bit to build a coalition that would the opposition a united front against the Incumbent Paul Biya. However, this coalition was not accepted by the election management body(ELECAM) siting the lack of legal provisions in the electoral code.

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