By Xinhua News Agency
Paul Biya was re-elected president of Cameroon for an eighth term, after securing 53.66 per cent of the votes, the country’s Constitutional Council announced yesterday.
The candidate of the Cameroon National Salvation Front, Issa Tchiroma Bakary, finished second with 35.19 per cent of the votes.
More than 4.6 million Cameroonians cast their ballots out of over eight million registered voters, bringing the turnout rate to 57 per cent, compared with 53.85 per cent in 2018 and 65.82 per cent in 2011. Biya, 92, who has been in power since 1982, leads the Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement. According to the Constitution, the newly elected president must be sworn in within 15 days of the official announcement of the results.
The swearing-in ceremony will take place before the Cameroonian people, in the presence of Members of Parliament, the Constitutional Council and the Supreme Court.
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