Cameroon: Elections

(asked on 10th October 2018) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of whether the presidential elections that took place in Cameroon on 7 October 2018 (a) were conducted in a free and fair manner and (b) produced a legitimate result.


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Harriett Baldwin Portrait
Harriett Baldwin
This question was answered on 15th October 2018

​The African Union's Election Observation Mission found that the elections were conducted in a relatively orderly manner in most of the country, but violence affected polling in the Anglophone regions. The result is due to be announced between 15-22 October. On 8 October I issued a statement making clear that the UK was concerned by reports of violence and casualties on polling day in Anglophone regions, and by how difficult it was for citizens to vote there. I called on all parties to follow proper procedure for tallying results and exercise restraint.

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