The Promise of Coalitions!

As the first week of campaigns leading up to the February 9, 2020 legislative and council elec- tions draws to an end, political parties and their candidates are revising their strategies and correcting lapses noticed in the first days.

Prior to the effective start of the campaigns, many political parties signed agreements and the time is now to ensure their implementation with the peak being the election day. In Yaounde, three opposition political parties met at the Social Democratic Front (SDF) Secretariat for the Centre Region in Olezoa on the day of campaign launch, January 25, 2020 and signed agreements. The SDF and the United People for Social Renovation (PURS) signed protocol agreements to mutualise their efforts and means to protect their votes and prepare post-electoral disputes. They also agreed that the PURS members and supporters will vote SDF in the legislative election in Mfoundi Constituency, Yaounde I and Makenene Councils. The SDF officials and members on their part will vote the PURS list in the legislative election in Mbam et Inoubou Constituency and in councils where PURS will be running for the municipal election in the Centre Region. The Vice President of the SDF for the Centre Region, Aloys Parfait Mbvoum signed for the party, while the National Communication Secretary of PURS who is also list leader for legislative election in Mbam et Inoubou constituency, Bonono Bakota René signed for his party. The Union des populations du Cameroun (UPC) represented by its legislative election list leader for the Mfoundi Constituency, Afana Nyamballa Christ Mary and the SDF agreed to ensure total representation in polling stations in Mfoundi in order to protect their votes. Fomo Ngota, leader of the Cameroon Social Democratic ...