President Paul Biya announced on Monday that he would call legislative and municipal elections on February 7, 2027. A vote which will be organized in a tense context, marked by the repression of the opposition which contests the results of the presidential election of October 2025.

Published on: 09/11/2026 - 22:22

Cameroonian President Paul Biya announced, Monday, November 9, the holding of legislative and municipal elections on February 7, 2027 in a decree read on national public radio CRTV, after two postponements of these ballots which had led to the extension of the mandates of deputies and municipal elected officials.

This will be the first electoral meeting since the presidential election of October 2025, in which Paul Biya, 93 years old and in power since 1982, was declared the winner – a result contested by the opposition and part of the population during demonstrations which had been bloodily repressed.

The political context in which Cameroonian voters are called to the polls is particularly tense, marked by the repression of the opposition and the inertia of power at the top of the state.

Frequent stays abroad

The country is awaiting a government reshuffle announced by the head of state almost a year ago, as well as the appointment of a vice-president, reintroduced by a constitutional reform in April, who should succeed Paul Biya in the event of his death during his mandate.

The nonagenarian's frequent stays abroad fuel a recurring debate about his state of health and his ability to lead the country. At the end of August, Paul Biya returned to Yaoundé after having spent more than two months in Geneva, Switzerland, sparking strong criticism from the opposition, several members of which called for a power vacuum to be declared, in vain.

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At the end of October, the Front for the National Salvation of Cameroon (FSNC), the party of opponent Issa Tchiroma Bakary, who continues to claim his victory in the 2025 presidential election from Gambia where he is in exile, was suspended and banned from activity for three months.

With AFP

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