President Paul Biya, aged 92 and poised to seek an eighth term in the October elections, now faces a significant legal obstacle.<\/p>\n
Akere Tabeng Muna, a prominent opposition candidate and former bar president, has filed a formal petition with the\u00a0Constitutional Council\u00a0alleging that Biya is constitutionally\u00a0ineligible to run\u00a0under\u00a0Article 118\u00a0of the electoral code. The motion cites Biya\u2019s advanced age, recurrent health absences, and presumed dependency on third parties as grounds for disqualification. Muna emphasizes that this is not a political attack but a legal imperative to uphold the state of law. The ruling is expected this\u00a0Friday at 11 a.m.\u00a0at the Palais des Congr\u00e8s in the capital.<\/p>\n
This move comes amidst further constraints on fair competition. Recently, the Constitutional Council upheld the exclusion of Paul Biya\u2019s major rival,\u00a0Maurice Kamto, from the ballot\u2014raising serious doubts over the credibility of the electoral process. Human Rights Watch has condemned the decision, and pro-Kamto protesters were tear-gassed during demonstrations in Yaound\u00e9.<\/p>\n
Biya, in power since 1982, remains one of the longest-serving\u2014and oldest\u2014heads of state globally, with his candidacy already confirmed via social media.<\/p>\n
As Cameroonians await the court\u2019s verdict, tensions run high, reflecting widespread concerns over health, governance, and ballot integrity in a country where President Biya\u2019s grip shows no sign of easing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
President Paul Biya, aged 92 and poised to seek an eighth term in the October elections, now faces a significant legal obstacle. Akere Tabeng Muna, a prominent opposition candidate and former bar president, has filed a formal petition with the\u00a0Constitutional Council\u00a0alleging that Biya is constitutionally\u00a0ineligible to run\u00a0under\u00a0Article 118\u00a0of the electoral code. The motion cites Biya\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9785,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","source_name":"Africa News","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,2362,33],"tags":[4321,1503],"class_list":["post-17450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-central-africa","category-featured","category-politics","tag-akere-tabeng-muna","tag-paul-biya"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}