Cameroon presidential rival calls for protests ahead of election results

Former authorities curate and statesmanlike hopeful Issa Tchiroma Bakary called connected Cameroonians Wednesday to protestation if the Constitutional Council announces “falsified and distorted results” successful the hotly contested poll.

Incumbent Paul Biya, 92, is seeking an eighth word to widen his 43-year regularisation pursuing the October 12 contention which already faces allegations of “electoral fraud” and “irregularities”.

Supporters of Tchiroma, who according to his ain tally won 54.8 percent of the votes against Biya’s 31.3 percent, person sporadically taken to the streets since past week to assertion triumph successful the statesmanlike election.

As of Wednesday, officials banned nationalist gatherings and the question of motorcycle taxis successful respective cities up of the last results owed nary aboriginal than Monday evening.

“The Cameroonian people, successful their immense majority, volition ne'er judge the validation by the Constitutional Council of falsification and ballot stuffing,” Tchiroma declared successful a video posted connected his Facebook page.

“If they similar to endanger the serenity and bid of the state alternatively than admit defeat, we volition respond with the peaceful determination of the people,” helium said.

“Let america march for liberation and to assertion our victory.”

Biya’s RDPC enactment has since denounced Tchiroma’s triumph assertion arsenic “a grotesque hoax” and an “unacceptable fraud successful a authorities of law”, saying successful a connection they were “calmly awaiting the authoritative results”.

The station Cameroon statesmanlike rival calls for protests up of predetermination results appeared archetypal connected Vanguard News.