Cameroonian opposition leader Maurice Kamto was re-elected the national president of the Cameroon Renaissance Movement (MRC) on Sunday (Dec. 11).<\/p>\n
He secured over 99 % of the votes as his list stood unopposed.<\/p>\n
MRC militants gathered at the Yaound\u00e9 Sports Complex for the party’s 2-day convention.<\/p>\n
In a speech partly delivered in French and English, 69-year-old Kamto announced the creation of a coalition with the aim to build a peaceful Cameroon.<\/p>\n
Kamto said the Political Alliance for Change (APC) will work with Cameroonians of all backgrounds including the supporters of the nation’s current regime.<\/p>\n
The Cameroon Renaissance Movement will once again take part in all upcoming elections.<\/p>\n
This announcement marks a shift in the party’s previous contestation strategy. In 2020, it boycotted the legislative and municipal elections and therefore has no representative sitting in the national assembly.<\/p>\n
In 2019 and 2020, hundred of executives and militants of the MRC were arrested following what UN experts called peaceful marches which suffered violent repression.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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