The President of Cameroon seeks the eighth state to extend the rule of 43 years

Cameroon President Paul Pia, 92, said that he will run again for his re -election in October, with the aim of extending 43 years of power.

“Be reassuring that my design on your service matches the urgency of the challenges we face,” He said in a post on x.

He added that his decision to go for the eighth period came after “numerous and injured” calls by people from all areas in Cameroon and the diaspora.

The BIYA administration has faced criticism on corruption, embezzlement, bad governance and failure to face security challenges. There were concerns about his health and ability to judge.

for him The absence of the public for more than six weeks last year led to speculation His rumors turned luxury and not full of that he died.

He was expected to be nominated, but he was not officially confirmed until the social media post on Sunday.

BIYA has not lost the elections since he took power in 1982, and if he won another seven -year period, he may be president until he is about 100.

There were increasing calls from the internal and external Cameroon to step down and give way to the new leadership in the Central African nation.

His candidacy follows the last political divorce from the main allies from the northern regions, who were accountable in helping to secure votes in the previous elections of that part of the country.

Two of these men – the prominent minister Issa Chiroma Bakari and former Prime Minister Billo Buba Maygeri – He recently resigned from the ruling coalition Separately announced plans to operate in the elections.

Last month, Chiroma said that the BIYA administration to which he belonged was “broken” general confidence and was turning into a competitor.

Multiple opposition figures, including the runner -up 2018, Maurice Emo, as well as Joshua Osier, Ariri Mona, and Kabral Libby, also announced their nomination.

However, the members of the ruling People’s Democratic Movement and other supporters have in public called for BIYA to search for another state. He was indeed the actual candidate as the party leader.

BIYA canceled the limits of the period in 2008, which enabled it to search for the presidency indefinitely.

He won the 2018 elections with more than 71 % of the votes, although opposition groups said there were widespread violations.

In response to the last BIYA show of the presidency, he told many people in the streets of the capital Yaounde BBC that they did not feel safe in publicly commenting on politics for fear of revenge. Others blocked their names, ages or professions of caution.

“I have never seen or heard that a man from that era announces his candidacy in presidential elections.”

“I really thought he would go and rest, and they hand over a new generation,” said Cameel Isleem, the other local resident, Camel Isseel, on the news.

However, some people welcomed another seven years under the leadership of the veteran leader.

“The president still has a lot to apply to the Cameroonian people,” said Ngono Marius, the public sector worker.

Silvia Tiba, a BBC consultant, told the BBC that although it believes in change and the democratic principle of “transferring” power to the next, perhaps “there is no one better than (Pia).”

She added: “Until now he did a lot for the nation – we see his role that played in managing the conflict and many other aspects,” she added, asking whether his long stay in power is to do God.