Regional Elections Candidacies : Apt Measures, Equal Treatment of Files

September 22, 2020 (today) is the deadline to deposit candidacy documents for the regional elections slated for December 6, 2020. This deadline is in respect to Section 181(1) of the Electoral Code which states that nomination papers shall be submitted at the Council branch of Elections Cameroon within fifteen days from the convening of the electorate. In Yaounde, the competent ELECAM Council office to receive the files going by the stipulations of the Electoral Code is the Mfoundi divisional branch relocated at the Omnisport neighbourhood. 
The Council Branch Head, Yannick Basile Fouda, noted that several dispositions have been put in place to ensure all files are received and accorded an equal treatment. A commission, he noted has been created which receives the nomination papers of candidates and issues a receipt. Yannick Basile Fouda noted that the Commissioners are working in strict respect of existing legal instruments and will work till midnight which is the official deadline. 
As per the files which have been received, the ELECAM Council Head said files of traditional rulers have been received and will be treated according to regulations and procedures in force.  “Professionalism is applied in every process of the deposit of candidacies,” he stated. 
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