Legislative, Municipal Elections: ELECAM Set To Receive Candidacy Files

A spirants for the Fe­ bruary7, 2027 legis­ lative and municipal elections can confi­ dently submit their files at Elections Cameroon (ELECAM) for onward transmission to the Electoral Board for scru­ tiny and the subsequent pu­ blication of lists retained. Fol­ lowing the convening of the electorate, the elections ma­ nagement body immediately put in place commissions char­ ged with the reception of candidacy files. Applicants have three levels of choice to drop their files, depending on the type of election. These levels include ELECAM Council Branches for municipal elec­ tions and ELECAM Divisional Branches as well as the Ge­ neral Directorate of Elections in Yaounde for legislative elec­ tions. A visit at ELECAM Council Branches in Yaounde, the Mfoundi Divisional Branch and the General Directorate of Elections, met all the com­ missioners on seat, ready to receive files. Sited around a table and only waiting for as­ pirants with their files, the members equally have a re­ ceipt booklet to acknowledge the reception of a document. They explained that they do not have the right to ask questions on the composition of documents, but to receive, register and keep for onward transmission to the appro­ priate commission for exami­ nation before taking a deci­ sion as whether to retain or reject. “We are not allowed to make any remarks on whe­ ther the candidacy file is com­ plete or not. Our job is to re­ ceive the file, have it regis­ tered and safely keep it,” said one of the members of the commission at the General Directorate of Elections. As per their working hours, they are in the office as early as 7:00 a.m. to make sure no aspirant comes to submit his/her candidacy papers and is kept waiting. On ...