Kamto strikes Biya for appointing CPDM bigwig into Constitutional Council.

His outing comes hours after President Paul Biya in a presidential decree on Tuesday, April 8, appointed the CPDM Central Committee official as a member of the Constitutional Council.

In a statement published on his Facebook page, the MRC leader said the appointment bodes ill for the forthcoming presidential election as it comes at a time when the Constitutional Council displayed incompetence by not applying Article 80 of the Electoral Code on the publication of the national electoral list. 

He added that the President of the Constitutional Council himself is being reproached for having taken part in a partisan meeting during which the participants called on President Biya to stand as candidate at the forthcoming election. 

“This appointment reinforces the one-party nature of the Constitutional Council and suggests that the groundwork is being laid for another electoral hold-up. Such manifestly illegal maneuvers are clear signs of a lack of serenity…,” part of Kamto’s message read. 

He also raised concerns about the president’s dual role as both Head of State and leader of the CPDM party, which violates of Article 7(4) of the Constitution.

According to him, President Paul Biya, who is his party's candidate in the forthcoming presidential election, seems to be sending a clear message to Cameroonians that they will have to rely only on themselves, their vigilance, and their determination if they hope that the outcome of the ballot will actually reflect their choice and therefore their will. 

“I want to repeat this: the presidential election of 2025 will not be a repeat of that of 7 October 2018, which was declared to have been ‘won’ by the CPDM candidate, at the end of a ballot in which the official rate of validly cast votes made public by the Constitutional Council was 100.48%,” the message added.

Prof Maurice Kamto further urged the people of Cameroon to prepare an appropriate response, and redouble their vigilance.

Monique Ouli in a nutshell

A native of Kadey Division of the East Region, Monique Ouli Ndongo graduated from the Faculty of Agronomy and Agricultural Sciences, FASA at the University of Dschang in 1985.

She is an agricultural engineer. She began her career at the Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Animal Industries, MINEPIA. 

She later served as Secretary General of the ministry from 2006 to 2015. In 2011, she was elected to the CPDM Central Committee. 

She is one of the women working for women's political emancipation in Cameroon, particularly in the East. 

In 2013, she was included on the CPDM list for the senatorial elections and was later elected Senator for East Region. In 2018, she returned to the race and retained her senatorial role.

This article was first published in The Guardian Post Edition No:3417 of Friday April 11, 2025