Regional Assemblies at last

It is worth the pains to appreciate the move taken by the head of state to announce that regional elections shall be conducted within this election year. The decision may be described in some quarters as belated. We, however, wish to believe that it will remove some heat from the expectations of some Cameroonians. The truth remains, however, that government had all along displayed its overt reluctance to respect the spirit of the 1996 constitution, which provided for a decentralised system of government on the premise of ten autonomous regions. It might not have been the best option, but it…