Cameroon Isa Tcheirom Bakar is throwing a “broken” government to challenge President gender bio

Isa Tchirom Bakari-Available Minister and a long-standing ally of President Paul Bio-Bio-Bae, Cameroon’s government, hoping to stop the 92-year-old BIA in the upcoming elections.

Just four months before the Central -African nation, Tchiroma stated that the bio administration he had “broken” public confidence, and he switched to the rival party.

“The country cannot exist in the service of one person,” he said on Wednesday.

While he was a minister of communications, Tyroma, in particular, hit the fire for deny – Then shutout On their refusal – that Cameroon soldiers killed women and children in a viral video Checked BBC AFRICA EYE.

His other roles for almost two decades have been included in the Government Bio press, and he was a minister of employment before his resignation.

Paul Bio – the oldest head of state – has not yet confirmed whether he will try to try the eighth term as president. Last year the country banned the president’s health reports After the rumors he died.

As this corruption and safety. The separatist uprising in the English -speaking provinces, as well as the jihadists operating in the northernmost region, have forced many thousands of Cameroons from their homes over the last decade.

Cracks in Tchiroma’s relationship with the President Bio were blown up earlier this month when he told the crowd in his hometown Garois that the bio -bio did not benefit them.

Tchiroma, widely reported 75, continued this criticism on a 24 -page manifesto, released a day after his resignation – promising to dismantle the “old system” so that Cameroon could go beyond “abuse, contempt and confiscation of power”.

One of his decisions proposed is federalism – he proposes to hold a referendum on the transfer of greater power by 10 provinces of Cameroon. This has long been caused by many as a solution the so -called Anglo -Country Crisis.

In particular, referring to the English-speaking Cameroons who have long complained about marginalization and discrimination in government agencies where Francophone prevails, he said that “you do not need people to speak for you-you” and “Centralization failed.”

Tchiroma also used his manifesto to say that Cameroon “ruled the same vision for decades. This model, which has long been presented as a guarantee of stability, gradually stifled progress, paralyzed our institutions and violated the ties between the state and its citizens.”

As the elections approached the October elections, groups of rights condemned the government’s repression on dissent.

Shortly after Tchiroma announced the plans to run for the presidency, As reported – Part of the country where it is said to be an influential broker.

Weeks earlier, Nadezhda Morris Kamto declined during a two -day police receipt in Douala, after Promising fans at a rally in Paris that he will protect the bio and his family If he wins in October.

The parliamentary elections, which were also supposed to take place earlier this year, were postponed until 2026.

The reaction to the Tchiroma presidential application was ambiguous – some think he’s speech.

“Having placed himself as an senior statesman who” saw the fire “, Tchiroma hed that his break with bio will be regarded as brave – not a conjunctural,” said Cameroon analyst and television company Jules Domshe.

“From economic cases to unemployment, uncertainty and riots in the northwest, southwest and far north (regions) Cameroon ripe for change.”

Opposition votes are shared – some want Tchiroma to support Kamto, which became busy in 2018 with 14% of the vote. But others say he is spoiled by his long connection with the bio.

“He cannot embody the changes … It has been in the system too long. The youth did not trust him,” says Abdula Harris, a legal notary and a well -known critic who once detained the government.

Another opposition member – Jean Michel Nintcheu from the APC coalition – just said, “We don’t see Tyrooms as a potential winner.”