9 February Legislative Polls:

Constitutional Council Examines Petitions Today

By Doh Bertrand Nua in Yaounde

The Constitutional Council will begin hearing petitions for the just ended 9 February Legislative polls Monday 24 February 2020 at the Yaounde Conference Centre.

                The information inviting political parties for post-election hearings beginning Monday was made known at the end of a ceremony that culminated the handing over of the results of the vote national vote counting committee to the President of the Constitutional Council.

                During the ceremony at the Constitutional Council, Emile Essombe, President of the National Committee for the counting of votes on behalf of the 46 other members noted that their work was essentially to count and correct any clerical errors which that might have emanated from the divisional supervisory committees.

                He saluted the responsibility of members, adding, that a table was established showing the final results forwarded to the Constitutional Council for publication. Some of the committee members saluted the exercise but expressed the wish for more powers to be given to the committee in the future to cross check the registers on which voters signed during voting.