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Senatorial
elections will take place in Cameroon on March 25, 2018. The Head of state
President Paul Biya in a Presidential decree signed on Wednesday February 7,
2018 summoned the Electoral College for March 25th. The Presidential
decree further specifies that voters will convene to the polling stations at
8am and voting shall close at 6pm. This is the second senatorial poll in the
history of Cameroon, after the first one that took place in 2013.
A total number of 70 senators shall be elected
while 30 others will be appointed by the head of state. During the last
elections the ruling CPDM got 80 senatorial seats of 100 senators against 20
seats for the other four political parties represented at the senate.
Political pundits
say except the head of state decides to extend the mandate of members of Parliament and municipal
councilors as provided by law, this year 2018, the electoral calendar provides
for atleast four elections: the senatorial elections, the
legislative and municipal elections and the presidential election. Prospects are
high that with the putting in place of the Constitutional Council, the President may also decide to convene the electorate to vote regional representatives. This will be the first time in the history
of Cameroon.
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