Vote Counting : Commission Hands Report

Work has been finalised by the National Commission for the Final Counting of Votes and a report of their proceedings handed to the Constitutional Council as stipulated by the Electoral Code. The Commissioners who started work on Monday March 30, rounded-off on Tuesday March 31, 2020 with the final report prepared in both official languages and signed by all members present. Headed by Emile Essombe as President of the Commission, the members scrutinised the reports forwarded by the Divisional Supervisory Commissions of the 11 constituencies concerned in the partial election. A total of 13 seats at the National Assembly were contested by the different political parties which were concerned in the election re-run in the North West and South West Regions which notably included the CPDM, SDF, BRIC, UDP, CDP and OPDC. Commissioners each returned home with a copy of the collectively signed final report. 
At the end of proceedings, Emile Essombe said they worked in accordance with the law and their work was simply a continuation of what they started during the regular February 9, 2020 legislative elections. According to him, voter’s participation was lower, a situation he judged not linked to security but due to little effervescence accordance to the electoral process. 
The National President of the Cameroon Democratic Party (CDP) Enow Benz Bate said proceedings evolved smoothly and they practically worked based on the reports forwarded to them by the Divisional Supervisory Commissions. The same remark was...