Mixed feelings about presidential elections

It now seems obvious that the announcement of the October 7 presidential elections by the incumbent head of state, President Paul Biya, has not been received with the kind of enthusiasm which he might have expected. It has instead been greeted with mixed feelings that have provoked a lengthy and irritating debate. To those who had been following happenings in the country for the past two years, such a clash of opinions was expected, and it is simple to understand why things turned out to be so. In the first place, it is widely known that the country is in…