Cameroon: Senatorial Elections slated for March 25, 2018

Following a presidential decree signed on the 7th of February, 2018, elections for the senate shall hold on the 25th of March. Convening the electoral college with the sociopolitical climate still so tense, is frightening. It means that the President does not see the havoc rained on the two English speaking Cameroon as anything substantially substantial. The senatorial election shall provide the second batch of senators to be elected to the upper house of Parliament. This breaking news was aired by CRTV indicating that the said elections as well as others will take place this year. Municipal councillors,members of the electoral college and elections Cameroon have been informed that the voting booths shall be made available at each Divisional Head Quarters. Polls shall open as from 8am and shall close at 6pm. The presidential decree falls in line with article 216 of the Cameroonian electoral code,which demands that Senatorial elections be conducted 40 days before the expiring date of the current mandate.