Scenarios within the Rdpc in the light of basic texts and power relations within the party.
The subject will not be mentioned, at least publicly, this day during the meetings organized by the Democratic Rally of the Cameroonian People (Rdpc), on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the accession of Paul Biya to the highest office. But we do not think less of the summit at the base of the Rdpc.
Given the wear and tear of power (35 years as President of the Republic, after assuming the functions of Prime Minister, Secretary General of the Presidency and Director of the Civil Cabinet) and his great age (84 years), the national president Can this party take its world by surprise by refusing to run for the next presidential election?
In fact, the debate on this candidacy is not completely settled, even if the CPMR executives questioned invariably invoke article 27 (3) of the statutes of the Rdpc: "he [the national president] is the candidate from the party to the election to the presidency of the Republic ". The maneuvers around the holding of the announced congress, then postponed indefinitely, are probably not foreign to this crucial concern.
And if Paul Biya did not go there anymore? What do the basic texts of the Rdpc provide for this eventuality? In the light of the balance of power within this political party, how will the candidate of the presidential party be appointed? What role would the head of state and no less patron of the Rdpc play for the rest of the events?
In this game of politics-fiction, two prominent activists of the Rdpc have acceded to the solicitation of Mutations. For the first, Saint Eloi Bidoung, first deputy mayor of Yaoundé VIe, if President Biya decides today not to apply, there will be a multitude of applications within the Rdpc. "Everyone wants, but no one dares for now," says one who has never made his own presidential ambition mysterious.
Eloi Bidoung tempered, however, indicating that "if the idea of renunciation comes to the mind of President Biya, it will first have to organize the transition within the Rdpc. He must convene a congress and appoint a vice-president, who will be the party's candidate for the presidential election, according to the party's texts, which can be reviewed. "
In fact, the debate on this candidacy is not completely settled, even if the CPMR executives questioned invariably invoke article 27 (3) of the statutes of the Rdpc: "he [the national president] is the candidate from the party to the election to the presidency of the Republic ". The maneuvers around the holding of the announced congress, then postponed indefinitely, are probably not foreign to this crucial concern.
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In this game of politics-fiction, two prominent activists of the Rdpc have acceded to the solicitation of Mutations. For the first, Saint Eloi Bidoung, first deputy mayor of Yaoundé VIe, if President Biya decides today not to apply, there will be a multitude of applications within the Rdpc. "Everyone wants, but no one dares for now," says one who has never made his own presidential ambition mysterious.
Eloi Bidoung tempered, however, indicating that "if the idea of renunciation comes to the mind of President Biya, it will first have to organize the transition within the Rdpc. He must convene a congress and appoint a vice-president, who will be the party's candidate for the presidential election, according to the party's texts, which can be reviewed. "
The city councilman adds that the party congress must immediately be followed by the holding of the presidential election. The national president will have a role of supervision of the candidate designated by the Rdpc. "This is how Ahmadou Ahidjo organized the entry of Paul Biya into the UNC [National Union of Cameroon] editorial office. It can be done in the same way for a smooth transition, "adds Saint Eloi Bidoung.
Who can be the rare bird that will be the "dolphin" appointed by Paul Biya? To this question, this activist who is inscribed as a "renovator" quotes three names, all members of the government. "There is only one left in the race. The first is sick, the second has burned himself out of his position on the Anglophone crisis ".
On the question "What if Paul Biya did not go there", your paper also approached a cadre of the general secretariat of the central committee of the Rdpc, who requested anonymity, considering the "sensitivity of the subject". According to this connoisseur of the secrets of the party in power, if the national president is not a candidate, according to his own will, the principle is that he convenes a congress.
"Since this is an exceptional situation (not provided for in the texts), exceptional arrangements will have to be made. The congress could directly nominate the party's candidate for the presidential election. Beforehand, an electoral code and a code of good conduct will have to be defined immediately.
Who can be the rare bird that will be the "dolphin" appointed by Paul Biya? To this question, this activist who is inscribed as a "renovator" quotes three names, all members of the government. "There is only one left in the race. The first is sick, the second has burned himself out of his position on the Anglophone crisis ".
On the question "What if Paul Biya did not go there", your paper also approached a cadre of the general secretariat of the central committee of the Rdpc, who requested anonymity, considering the "sensitivity of the subject". According to this connoisseur of the secrets of the party in power, if the national president is not a candidate, according to his own will, the principle is that he convenes a congress.
"Since this is an exceptional situation (not provided for in the texts), exceptional arrangements will have to be made. The congress could directly nominate the party's candidate for the presidential election. Beforehand, an electoral code and a code of good conduct will have to be defined immediately.
The first code will set the rules of the game and the second will avoid post-election disputes and especially to ensure the cohesion of the party after the designation stage. The consensus path may also be preferred to voting. After the presidential election, the candidate nominated by the Rdpc, who will certainly be best placed to win, will have time to reorganize the party, "elaborates our source.
Which indicates, on the basis of open battles that will certainly run, that "everyone is presumed in good faith and must therefore act in the direction of the general interest. The National President may give an indication or a voting instruction.
Which indicates, on the basis of open battles that will certainly run, that "everyone is presumed in good faith and must therefore act in the direction of the general interest. The National President may give an indication or a voting instruction.
But, obviously, it would not force the militants to follow him. Our interlocutor concludes: "In any case, the arrangement or cooptation is unlikely to operate in the hypothesis under debate. Only democracy and the interest of the party will prevail.
Source -- Presidential 2018: after Biya worries 5 CPMR barons
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