South West region records highest abstention rate

By DOH JAMES SONKEY Following updated statistics from Elections Cameroon, ELECAM after the March 25 senatorial polls, the South West region recorded the highest number of abstention. 153 municipal councillors abstained as only 713 out of 866 registered councilors effectively cast their votes. ELECAM DG, Abdoulaye Babale On its part, the North West region registered only 2 abstentions as 1037 councilors voted out of 1039 registered voters. In sharp contrast to the initial 800 abstention figures earlier announced on polling day of the Senate election last March 25, 2018 by the Director General of Elections of ELECAM, Abdoulaye Babale, the…