Cameroon Tribune (Yaoundé)
Brenda Yufeh
20 October 2009
The Minister of Youth Affairs yesterday traced the genesis of the Cameroon National Youth Council in a press conference.
All seems set for the first election of officials of the governing bodies of the Cameroon National Youth Council abbreviated CNYC. Within the government communication framework, the Minister of Youth Affairs, Adoum Garoua, yesterday in Yaounde granted a press conference during which he elaborated the practical modalities for organising the election of officials of the governing bodies of CNYC. Speaking in the presence of the Minister of Communication, Issa Tchiroma Bakary and the Minister of Sports and Physical Education, Michel Zoah, the Minister of Youth Affairs said the conditions for participation in the election, the candidate's file and electoral fee have been set up following recommendations made by youth organisations and other stakeholders of the electoral process with the aim of easing certain procedures and putting in place appropriate measures to facilitate the holding of the maiden elections.
Youth organisations concerned by the elections are those recognised according to the rules and regulations in force and duly enrolled in the voter's registration record. Voters should be Cameroonian citizens of over 15 years of age or aged 35 years maximum, appointed by a youth organisation. The text requires that each voter shall present a mandate legalised by an administrator, police or gendarmerie authority.
According to the constitution, any youth organisation willing to present candidates in the election must declare its candidacy at the sub-division or divisional delegation of the Ministry of Youth Affairs with a photocopy of a legal document of recognition, photocopy of the national identity card of the candidate, a certificate of non-conviction of less than three months old among other documents. With regard to electoral fee, Adoum Garoua said candidates shall be relieved from paying any fee as it is stipulated in Article 19 of the Electoral Code for the first elections within the CNYC.
While throwing light on what the CNYC is all about, the Minister of Youth Affairs said it is a national platform for youth associations and movements with the aim of empowering Cameroonians youths through a consultative, proactive and representative role within the national and international institutions acting on youth issues. While noting that the CNYC is a forum for free and responsible expression of youths' preoccupations, Adoum Garoua stressed that the CNYC is neither for political training nor a trade union.
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