Morris Kamto was excluded from the Cameroon elections

The Cameroon Constitutional Council supported the country’s electoral commission’s decision to exclude opposition leader Maurice Kamto from the presidential elections on October 12.

While the political character was marginalized in Firerand, the 92 -year -old was cleared of Paul Bia, who also faced his candidacy, to run for what will be his eighth term in the oil -rich country of Africa.

If it is elected for another seven years, it may remain in power until it was about 100.

Kamto was excluded because a competitive faction of the Maned Party, which was supported by another individual as a candidate, highlights an internal conflict.

He excluded anger, as his lawyer described his refusal to seek as a political step more than a legal step.

Of the 83 candidates who submitted their requests to the electoral commission, only 12 were approved.

The reasons for the elections in the elections (ELCAM) to cancel the eligibility range from 71 incomplete files, and the lack of payment for the required deposit, to multiple nominations from the same party.

Of all the contestants, six are seen as the main competitors:

1. Paul pays

In 92, Paul Baya is considered the oldest head of state in the world. He has been in power nearly 43 years since 1982. BIYA has been leading the ruling CPDM party that dominates the political scene. It is widely considered preferred, and now after his main rival, Kamto, was away from the road.

The veteran politician has not lost elections since the return of multi-party policy in 1990. However, he has been victorious of allegations by falsifying votes-allegations that his party and the government were constantly implemented.

Pia, who announced his intention to run, announced that his eighth mandate will focus on the welfare of women and youth.

2. Billo Bosa star

Bello Bouba Maigari, 78, is an experienced politician from the northern region rich in voting for Cameroon.

He is the head of the National Union for Democracy and Progress (NUDP), which was established in 1990.

In fact, he was the first Prime Minister of Biaa between 1982 and 1983. Since 1997, Maigari suspended an alliance with the CPDM party in BIYA, which helped obtain great voices from the north.

However, this political marriage ended in June after pressure from inside his party to run independently.

During his work as Minister of State for Tourism and Entertainment, Maigari announced his resignation and announced that he was a candidate against BIYA, who also faced him in the 1992 presidential elections.

3. Isa Tchiroma Bakary

Another former ally of BIYA, whose nomination was a surprise, is Issa Chiroma, 75 years old. Like Maigari, who is from the north of the country and was influential in helping BIYA securing the voices of the region.

After a period of 20 years in various government roles, Chiroma finally pulled his time with the 92 -year -old leader, and resigned from his role as Minister of Employment and Vocational Training to announce his candidacy.

Chiroma, who heads the Cameroon National Salvation Front Party (CNSF), criticized Pia governance and intended to present his presidential on a promise to reform the regime, which he described as “suffocating”.

4. Cabral Libyan

Cabral Libii, head of the Cameroon Party for National Reconciliation (PCRN), is a vibrant member of Parliament who is his second attempt to obtain the higher position in the country.

In 2018, he was the youngest of the nine presidential candidates, between the ages of 38 years, and ranked third with 6 % of the votes.

A Libyan nomination was challenged in this year’s elections by PCRN founder Robert KUNA, who opposed the legitimacy of the legislator to lead the party.

However, the Constitutional Council refused to seek a universe and supported the electoral commission’s decision to allow Libyan to stand.

5. Accra Mona

Akry Mona was a candidate in the 2018 presidential election, but he withdrew at the last minute and threw his weight behind Kamto. This time, Mona, a strong international lawyer for anti -corruption, says he wants to challenge Pia himself.

The 72-year-old is a family of politicians-his late father, Suleiman Tanding Mona, as Prime Minister of the Western Cameroon after independence, Vice President of the then Federal Republic of Cameroon and President of the National Assembly.

As a speaker, Suleiman Mona swore in Pia when he took the position of President after the resignation of Ahmedo Ahidogo.

Mona is to rid the bilateral country of corruption and bad governance, which he says fly its image in the international scene.

6. Joshua Osier

Joshua Osih jumps to the presidential race for the second time after his first attempt in 2018 proved to be sterile.

The Social Democratic Front (SDF) is headed by the late opposition leader John Fur Nada. SDF used to be the main uniform in the country, but its impact later diminished, exacerbated by internal fighting and expelled many party members in 2023.

OSIH, 56, ranked fourth in 2018 surveys by 3 %, but he hopes to defeat Biaa by promising social and institutional reforms.

For decades, President Pia succeeded in maintaining a strong grip on power, making it difficult for him to lose elections.

It seems that the decision of political weights, Billo Buba Maygeri, and Issa Chiroma Bacari, to challenge him to make life more difficult, but some analysts believe that they do not pose a major threat to Libya.

Dr. Bibi Hogz, a policy analyst at the Policy Institute in the Cameroonian Thought, argues that their alliance with the current regime reduces their credibility with opposition voters.

“Cameroon needs more than just resignation to trust them,” he told the BBC. “Both of them were with the regime and witnessed the nation.”

Dr. Hugues also suggested that the northern candidates may be part of a political conspiracy organized by the regime.

However, the ruling party officials portrayed the rupture as real, admitting that CPDM could struggle to obtain the largest number of votes from the north as before.

Looking at the exclusion of Kamto, the most powerful BIYA competitor in 2018, it can be said that Libii is the third place can claim to be his main threat this year.

Although he got only 6 % of the sounds, the political development of Libyan has since been praised.

He led his party to win five seats in Parliament and seven local councils during the 2020 legislative and municipal elections. Since he became a member of Parliament in this process, the government stabbed the major policy issues, promised comprehensive changes if he took power.

However, Dr. Hugues says that Libii’s vision is transparent, cited from Akere Muna as a more convincing candidate with a more clear project for a nation of approximately 30 million people.

He said: “Mona enjoys a wealth of international experience and diplomatic personality, and this is what the nation needs now,” while he praised a five -year transitional plan for the nation to return the nation to the right track. “

Historically, Cameroon’s opposition was divided, especially during the elections, as analysts said this had deprived them.

Before the presidential election for this year, there was a lot of talking about the need for opposition to unify and coordinate strategies to take over BYA. But while giving each candidate priority to his own interests, it remains unclear whether most of them – not to mention everyone – will work together, despite the risks that may help the president.

“This may be the end of their political life, or their parties, if they do not meet,” said Felix’s civil society leader.

He told the BBC: “Kamto and others must search for someone in the opposition who can carry the stick – and they must put the nation first, and they rose above the personal ego to search for a candidate by mutual consent that can give the document of the Qatari program on October 12.”

Dr. Hugues agrees that Kamto should use its influence to support support for the opposition coalition because it is now outside the race.

He insists that “the change should not (only) come with him (Kamto), but the change can come through it.”

He added that the opposition coalition is possible and a reference to a meeting attended by opposition figures on August 2 in the town of Fumban in the western region.

Prince Michael Ikoso, head of the United Social Democratic Party (USDP), who participated in the meeting, told the BBC that the goal is to set the foundation for a “consensual candidate.”

While no specific filter has been appointed yet, the standards have been set for.

“We want a character who will respond to the aspirations of Cameroon, a flexible person to work with others, a bilateral person who is able to mobilize other candidates and political actors,” said Ecoso.

In the 1992 presidential elections, with the support of Firebrand opposition leader John Fur Nada by the Union for Change, a coalition of political parties and civil society organizations.

Although he was not the only candidate for the opposition, analysts say the coalition helped him get 36 % of the votes – just shy of 40 % of BYA.

This was the closest that anyone had ever obtained to hit Pia. Even Fru Ndi got victory, but the authorities rejected allegations of falsifying votes and confirmed the winner.

Many believe that if the opposition does not gather together as it was in 1992, BYA may have an easy journey for the presidency.

“He has experience, human resources and order in his favor,” says Dr. Hugues.