Political Parties: Time For Cajoling Mobilisation Strategies

Elections of Municipal councillors, Members of the National Assembly and President of the Republic should the electoral calendar be respected, will take place in Cameroon in the 2025.

Many political observers and actors may think that the time is still far. However, political parties that plan to score significant victories in the upcoming elections that will be through universal suffrage must now be active on the political playground, especially with innovative strategies, considering that wooing voters in a highly competitive terrain is a daunting task.

Some political parties in  2021 carried out some activities that constitute part of the mobilisation strategies and will need to follow up to ensure the implementation of resolutions taken and recommendations made. The ruling Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement (CPDM) for instance,  carried out the renewal of its basic organs both at home and abroad as well as those of the specialised organs such as the Youth Wing (YCPDM) and the Women’s Wing (WCPDM). 

The Cameroon Democratic Union (CDU)  held an elective convention at the end of which a roadmap was adopted for the Hon. Patricia Tomaino Ndam Njoya’s led team to implement. The Union des populations du Cameroun (UPC) on its part held an elective congress in Yaounde in which Dr Pierre Baleguel Nkot was re-elected the new Secretary General. His mission is to reconcile the different factions of the party and mobilise every actor so as to regain its hitherto political glories. The Social Democratic Front (SDF) is currently renewing its basic organs that will culminate in the elective convention in 2023 during which the founding National Chairman of the party, John Fru Ndi will no longer stand for re-election in the sa...