Correction: Getting ahead of myself here, it will Biya's eight term as president of Cameroon.

With his officially sworn in status an overturning of the election results, as demanded by Tchiroma, does not seem likely 5/5

In his opening speech in front of the Assemble Nationale , Biya did only mentioned ongoing protests against his in win in passing and focused on political projects that will be implemented by his new government 4/

Already before the official announcement of the results Biya's win had been contested by Tchiroma who claims the win while pointing at many irregularities in the electoral process 3/

Biya had been declared winner by the constitutional court on October 26th with 53,7% of the votes before former minister and opposition candidate Issa Tchiroma with 35,1% 2/

A win for Tchiroma would surprise many (me included) that saw Biya's regime as too established to lose. But for now it is too early to call. Cameroon's electoral body ELECAM has until the 27th of October to announce the official results, so let's stay tuned 5/5

First reports from yesterday evening show notable wins for Tchiroma in some of the urban centers of the country. While too early to call yet, supporters of Tchiroma claim the win for their candidate 4/

Tchiroma (76) joined the race for the presidency earlier this year after being nominated by his party Front pour le salut national du Cameroun FSNC. Before this he held a position as minister for Employment and Vocational Training under Biya 3/

Most reports from the country show a calm and nearly somber election day. But in the northern town of Garoua security forces clashed with supporters of former minister and now opposition candidate Issa Tchiroma 2/

With today's decision to not allow the candidature of either candidate from MANIDEM it seems like Kamto's hope for the presidency are once more put on hold.
The question now is, if the influential political will openly support one of the other 12 candidates running against president Biya /end

In a twist of events, someone else got presented by MANIDEM, a former high ranking party official that had seemed to be out of the picture.
With these two standing claims Kamto as well as the second candidate were not on the initially approved candidate list and the case hit the court 6/

In the end, another political party present in the current National Assembly (MANIDEM) put Kamto on their ballot and brought him up as a candidate for the upcoming elections. But this was not the sure bet Kamto might have hoped 5/

Early 2025 the government of Cameroon announced to move the planned legislative elections into early next you, to fully concentrate on the presidential elections. With that Kamto lost his easy ticket into becoming a candidate 4/

What happened?
The easiest way to become candidate for the presidential elections is the nomination from one of the in the National assembly represented parties. Problem Kamto's MRC boycotted the last législatives in 2020.
Originally not an issue as the new elections where set for spring 2025 3/

#Kamto came in second in the last presidential election, many see him as one of the few personalities that can create a political danger for the long standing president Paul Biya who runs for his continuous 8th term in October 2/

Chairman Joshua Oshi leads the party since 2023. This Congress will officially elect him as candidate for the upcoming elections to put him against the long standing president Paul Biya.

While the party is far away from it's dominant role in the 1990 under Chairman John Fru Ndi, it is still well connected and present in #Cameroon, this shows in the over 2.500 delegates who join the Congress from all over the country