Few were surprised when President Paul Biya 85 defeated his two main challengers – Maurice Kamto from the Mouvement pour la renaissance du Cameroun (MRC) and Cabral Libii Ngue from the Univers Party – and swept to a seventh term in office...
So there was excitement when Maurice Kamto the candidate of the opposition Mouvement pour la renaissance du Cameroun and one of the Biya's main challengers declared himself the winner at a press conference held on 8 October at his party headquarters in Yaoundé and 'invited the outgoing president of the Republic to organise conditions for a peaceful political transition so as to avoid a serious post-electoral crisis that could drive it [the country] into chaos and instability'...
Others contesting against Biya this time include: Maurice Kamto former minister and founder of Mouvement pour la renaissance du Cameroun; Cabril Libii candidate for the Parti Univers and anti-corruption campaigner Akere Muna...
