Cameroon minister dismisses opposition victory claim as electoral disruption
Cameroon's Minister of Territorial Administration, Paul Atanga Nji, has rejected opposition candidate Issa Tchiroma Bakary's claim of victory and accused him of trying to disrupt the electoral process.
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00:00Cameroon's Minister of Territorial Administration, Paul Atanganji, has rejected opposition candidate Isachiroma Bakari's claim of victory and accused him of trying to disrupt the electoral process.
00:13Atanganji had warned last week that any unauthorized release of results will be deemed high treason, saying only the Constitutional Council can declare a winner.
00:24Isachiroma Bakari had claimed victory early Tuesday in the October 12 presidential election, urging President Paul Beer, who has been in power for over four decades, to concede.
00:36Isachiroma, who is in his late 70s, was a government spokesperson and a minister of employment under Beer, but quit the government last year to launch his presidential run.
00:47His campaign drew large crowds and backing from a coalition of opposition parties and civic groups.
00:53Beer has been in power since 1982, nearly half his lifetime, making him Cameroon's second president since independence from France in 1960.
01:04According to Cameroon Electoral Court, the results of the election will be proclaimed by the Constitutional Council within no more than 15 days of the close of the poll.
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