There apparently now appear to
be increased hope of credible elections next year in the country as a visiting
delegation from the international organisation of La Francophonie in charge of the electoral
process in Cameroon has expressed the readiness of the organisation to provide
Cameroon with the necessary support that will enable it organise free and fair
elections next year.
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| Abdoulaye Babale: ELECAM DG |
Kadré Désiré Ouédraogo, the head of the delegation who
also served as prime minister of Burkina Faso between 1996 and
2000, announced the impending support of his organisation in Yaounde Monday at the end of an audience granted his delegation by
the minister delegate at the ministry of external relations in charge of the
Islamic world, Adoum Gargoum.
The
Burkinabe and members of his delegation, who began a one-week working visit to
Cameroon Monday, were later received in audience same day by senate
president, Marcel Niat Njifenji.
Earlier during talks held
between the La Francophonie
delegation and the minister delegate in the ministry of external relations in
charge of the Islamic world, Désiré Ouédraogo, president
of the Economic Community of West African States
commission from 2012 to 2016, disclosed that
discussions were centred on the organisation of multiple elections in Cameroon
next year.
“We have been dispatched by
Mrs. Michaëlle Jean, the secretary general of La Francophonie to come and support the government and people of
Cameroon to organise a free and transparent elections” the head of the
delegation told newsmen in Yaounde yesterday.
“We are here for a long term observation and I
can say that we are here for an information mission. Our intension is to listen
to all the actors and see in which area La
Francophonie can lend its support to the government and people of Cameroon
organise peaceful, credible and transparent elections” the man who served as Deputy
Governor of the Central Bank of West African States until his appointment as
Prime Minister by President Blaise Compaoré on 6 February 1996, stated further.
Meantime, The Cameroon Watch
understands that Elections Cameroon, ELECAM plans to organize, manage and
supervise at least four elections including the presidential election in 2018.
The visit of officials from La
Francophonie which comes barely months after those of Commonwealth and UN election
experts, is already being saluted by observers as timely.
To recall that in 2012 prior to the 2013 twin elections of
that year, La Francophonie had
organised a three-day workshop on the use of biometric technology in Cameroon.
Computer engineers and experts in biometric technology of the international organisation of La Francophonie had during the workshop, shared experiences as well as updated the skills of Elections Cameroon (ELECAM) staff to ensure an optimal use of biometric technology in the recompilation of voters register in the country.
Computer engineers and experts in biometric technology of the international organisation of La Francophonie had during the workshop, shared experiences as well as updated the skills of Elections Cameroon (ELECAM) staff to ensure an optimal use of biometric technology in the recompilation of voters register in the country.
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