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Hundreds March for Transition, Protest Elections

Moki Edwin Kindzeka

   YAOUNDE, CAMEROON - Hundreds of people have marched in Yaounde, the
   capital of Cameroon, calling for the cancellation of Sunday's local and
   parliamentary elections in favor of a transition ending long-serving
   president Paul Biya's regime The protesters say only a transition will
   lay the foundation for democracy. The government has again insisted
   that the elections must be held Sunday.

   These are the voices of at least 500 men, women and youths dressed in
   black, singing as they march through the streets of Cameroon's capital
   Yaounde Friday. They sang that Cameroon needs a political transition to
   end President Paul Biya's 38 years in power, not the local and
   parliamentary elections the government is organizing on Sunday.

   Fifty-eight political parties including the ruling Cameroon People's
   Democratic Movement some old opposition political parties, such as the
   Social Democratic Front, Cameroonian Democratic Union, Movement for the
   Defense of the Republic and the National Union for Democracy and
   Progress are taking part in both elections are. All of them say they
   are going into Parliament to enact laws that can solve the crisis
   Cameroon is facing.

   Among the leaders of the protest is Kah Walla, president of the
   Cameroon Peoples Party and former presidential candidate. She says
   Biya's dictatorial regime has rigged the system and can never be ousted
   in an election.
   

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