National Assembly : Peculiarities of Bureau Election

Many keen political observers  in Cameroon still continue to  ponder on the fact that the permanent Bureau of the National Assembly was elected during the plenary sitting of March 17, 2020 within the framework of the statutory session that came after the legislative election  of February 9, 2020. To their surprise, the opening plenary sitting of the March 2020 ordinary session of the House  on March 20, 2020 that also coincidentally marks the first for the 10th legislative period was piloted by the provisional bureau chaired by the eldest member of the National Assembly, Hon. Koa Mfegue Laurentine Mbede assisted by the two youngest members who  are Hon. Nafiassatou  Alim  and Hon. Dague Aisha Blanche Jacqueline.
The situation finds explanation in Article 14 (1) of the Standing Orders of the National Assembly that provides that at the beginning of each legislative period, as well as the opening of the first session of the legislative year of the National Assembly, the provisional bureau continues to run the House until the permanent bureau is elected. Therefore, the bureau elected at the end of the statutory session on March 17, 2020 that marks the start of the 10th legislative period was in conformity with the provisions of the Standing Orders of the National Assembly.
From every indication, following the provisions of the Standing Orders and the Constitution the election of the permanent bureau to pilot the affairs of the National Assembly for the 2020 legislative year is still to take place. Article 16 (2) of the Constitution states that, “Each year, the National Assembly shall hold 3 (three) ordinary sessions, each lasting not more than 30 (thirty) days.    At the opening of its first ordinary session, the National Assembly shall elect its President and Bureau members.” 
Th...