Over 7000 international and local
observers have been approved to monitor the September 30, 2013 municipal and
parliamentary elections in Cameroon, according to Pierre Essomba, the Secretary
–Secretary of the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Decentralization
(MINATD).
Mr. Essomba told state media, Tuesday, that over
10,000 applications were received to monitor the coming polls but the MINATD
approved 7000 of them, adding that those approved would receive their
accreditation batches and a copy each of the electoral code to facilitate their
job.
In a related development, the
Secretary-General said some 34 political
parties running for the twin elections had already made known their bank
accounts for the transfer of allocated funds intended to assist them in
their campaigns, which officially
started last Sunday, September 15.
The State of Cameroon
has allocated FCFA 1.7 billion as support to competing parties- to be given in
two installments before and after the elections.
According to Section 285 of the Electoral Code,"Public
funds earmarked for the funding of election campaigns for the election of
Members of Parliament, Senators, Regional or Municipal Councilors, shall be shared
in 2 (two) equal parts among the political parties taking part in the elections
as follows : the first part shall be paid after publication of the lists of
candidates to all parties depending on the lists submitted and endorsed in the
various constituencies ; the second part shall be paid after the proclamation
of results to parties proportionately to the number of seats obtained."
[The article also appears in The Recorder Newspaper, Cameroon,of
September 27,2013]
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