Regional council election in Menoua: ELECAM Director General hails hitch-free polls.

By Morine Tanyi in Yaounde

The Director General of Elections at Elections Cameroon, ELECAM, Erik Essousse, has revealed that election rerun of the representative of Traditional Rulers for the Menoua constituency into the West Regional Council took place under favourable conditions and in accordance with the law.

Erik Essousse was speaking during a press briefing at the headquarters of ELECAM, Sunday April 4 shortly after the close of the polls. He noted that voting kicked off at 8:00a.m. with all the members of the three polling stations represented and with all required materials and documents available as well as all anti-COVID-19 kits like facemasks, hand sanitisers and thermoflashes.

He went further to reveal that out of the 158 voters who registered, 148 cast their votes for the two lists of candidates running for the three seats left. Voting, he said, took place in a calm and serene atmosphere and electors each went home with 50,000 FCFA as participation fee.