Cameroon: Watch Out For Incompatibilities!

The race to the National Assembly and councils promises to be tough and some Cameroonians vying for such seats might be ignorant of what positions they occupy in government and which one can best fit them as an addition.

The April 19, 2012 law on the Electoral Code, amended and supplemented on December 21, 2012 is clear on this. Incompatibilities abound and so candidates must watch out. Chapter III Section 162 (1) of the Electoral code specifies that; "The office of Member of Parliament shall be incompatible with the office of member of government or of persons ranking as such, member of the Constitutional Council and of member of the Economic and Social Council."

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