00:00In Yaounde, Cameroon's capital, the president's absence has dominated newspaper headlines and public conversations in recent weeks.
00:08Paul Beer has been out of public view for 58 days, but for some residents like Mr. Njoia, who is
00:15trying to remain reassured, the silence does not pose a major threat to the country.
00:20If he is away, there is certainly a good reason. We trusted him to manage the country, and we remain
00:25confident in that.
00:26We hope everything is fine and that his absence will bring us good news.
00:31But for many residents of Yaounde, Paul Beer's prolonged and unprecedented absence is now becoming a concern.
00:40The children took the exams and had very poor results.
00:43He should have been there to guide us and guide this young generation to ask why these results were so
00:49weak.
00:49But unfortunately, he is not here. I feel that these are the holidays he has been waiting for.
00:55Maybe it is time. I don't know. Maybe he has to go to rest.
00:58As he has said,
00:59It is almost two months now. We don't know whether our president is alive or not.
01:07And this makes us even more uncomfortable.
01:12For these political analysts, the country is heading towards difficult institutional challenges.
01:17The absence of a new government since the October 25 presidential election, along with growing confusion within the administration,
01:25has led him to argue that discussions about the post-beer era can no longer be avoided.
01:31It is normal that, as we are now talking about 58 days of his absence from the country,
01:36Cameroonians are asking what this absence really means, especially because the government has shown signs of confusion.
01:42There is a heavy silence among Cameroonians when it comes to thinking about what comes after Beyer.
01:48Today, we must acknowledge and address this.
01:51As the two-month mark of Paul Beyer's absence approaches, there has been no announcement of his return.
01:58Recent military appointments have raised concerns among observers about what lies ahead.
02:05You
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