Tchiroma says move monarchical drift, violates democratic principles.

Going by the leader of the Cameroon National Salvation Front, FSNC, the illegitimacy of the regime is further manifested “through the appointment of a Vice President of the Republic”.

Issa Tchiroma, who still contests the results of the October 12, 2025, presidential election, upholding claims he was winner, told his supporters that such a move engaged by the regime “must not divert us from what truly matters”. 

He urged his supporters and followers not to be distracted but to be “unequivocal” in their “mobilisation for the restoration of the popular will on October 12, 2025, when a large majority of Cameroonians expressed their votes in my favour”.

Tchiroma, who still arrogates to himself the title of President-elect, added that: “No to forfeitures! Yes, to the integrity of ballot boxes!”. 

The elite of the North Region and former Government Spokesperson, now on exile in The Gambia, recently announced that he is preparing to return home, to continue the battle to get rid of the Biya regime. 

He broke the silence in an outing on Sunday, March 15, 2026, in the course of an online broadcast, which was staged to honour the memory of Georges Anicet Ekane, who died on December 1, 2025, in detention. 

 “…the fight continues, and we are winning because I am alive and I have my freedom,” he had indicated, likening his battle against the regime as Divine. 

Tchiroma had said he is actively preparing to return to Cameroon, to continue with the duties for which he was voted to exercise in the country. 

“…I consider that I am already in Cameroon,” he had said, before declaring that: “There is something we have not understood for long that individually, we are the masters of our collective destinies”. 

Tchiroma had told his supporters that “…I was not voted to be where I am today. I am where I am today to protect my life” before returning home to exercise my “responsibility”.

He recalled that in the heat of the post-election tension, he received threats “…right in my house and they put snipers at a neighbours house”. 

Tchiroma had boasted his team is “working daily and monthly to see that something is done to ensure the will of the people is respected. I have to organise to concretise the will of the people…”. 

He also expressed gratitude to the Diaspora for supporting him, singling out those who voted for him but urged compatriots leaving abroad to tighten their belts. 

The FSNC leader claimed that if he didn’t flee the country, the Biya regime would have eliminated him, if they succeeded in laying hands on him.  

This article was first published in The Guardian Post Edition No:3752 of Monday April 06, 2026