When Constitutional reform Crucifies Democracy

Rumour of a constitutional amendment in Cameroon whose thrust is to introduce the post of Vice President had rented the air at the beginning of President Paul Biya’s immediate past tenure, but the suspense ceased to reign after the opening session of parliament on March 11, 2026, when the hallowed chamber’s oldest member, hinted of the possibility of its materialization. In the event Cameroonians are now saddled with a jealously kept stratagem by the CPDM controlled government that reinforces our polity’s drift towards a monarchy. What this staggering display of political treachery readily recalls is a planned, sustained, and deliberate…