Cameroon: SDF Criticizes 'Country on Autopilot,' Demands Election Schedule Adherence

Joshua Osih, national president of Cameroon's Social Democratic Front (SDF), sharply criticized the ruling CPDM regime's governance during a press conference in Yaoundé on July 23, 2026. He decried the state's management, describing Cameroon as "a republic on autopilot" due to the president's prolonged absence from the country without public updates and the vacant vice-presidency.

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Cameroon is a republic on autopilot.

Osih highlighted the SDF's concerns regarding the successive postponement of legislative and municipal elections. He stressed that any further delay, regardless of the pretext, would be considered an unconstitutional seizure of the people's mandate. The SDF advocates for respecting the scheduled 2027 elections.

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Do not touch the election date again. Any attempt at a new postponement of these elections under any pretext whatsoever: security, calendar, finance, consensus, will be treated by our party as an unconstitutional confiscation of the people's mandate.

The party also voiced strong opposition to the recent re-establishment of the vice-presidency, particularly the decision to appoint rather than elect the position. The SDF had proposed that the vice president be elected concurrently with the president, with one from former French Cameroon and the other from former British Cameroon. Furthermore, the SDF is demanding transparency in the management of state resources, including oil, fiscal, and mining revenues, stating they possess evidence that the reported figures are inaccurate.

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We are in a position to say that fiscal, oil, and mining revenues are not exact. The SDF demands the real figures of state revenues.