October 2025 Elections; Six Opposition Parties on the race meet in Foumban to seek consensus candidate

Some six opposition parties approved to run for the 2025 elections on August 2, 2025, met in Foumban in the West Region of Cameroon at the invitation of Hermine Patricia Tomaïno Ndam Njoya to seek a consensus candidate. According to one of the candidates, Serge Espoir Matomba of PURS this consultation and exchange meeting which started in Foumban and will continue subsequently  after the final list following deliberations by the Constitutional Council, is aimed at bringing together the vital forces of our country around a constructive dialogue in preparation for the upcoming presidential election in October 2025.

Lawyer Akere Muna, Célestin Bedzigui, leader of the PAL, Professor Prosper Nkou Mvondo, Jacques Bouhga-Hagbe, among others, took part in this meeting. In all its diversity, the opposition intends to join forces to confront Paul Biya, who is the incumbent CPDM candidate. The SDF, UNDP, PCRN were absent in the meeting.

The Six opposition parties latter congregated in Banjoun on the invitation of the traditional ruler where they came out with the Foumban declaration of non- betrayal.

The Foumban Declaration is not merely a political document; it is the Magna Carta of a new opposition era. The six major opposition leaders have today chosen unity over ego, mission over ambition, and country over self. In one accord, they rose not just as politicians  but as Statesmen and Stateswomen, bearing the collective weight of a nation’s longing.

According to one of them,this is not coalition by convenience. It is a moral contract, forged under the weight of decades of non-betrayal.

A solemn agreement that the road to Etoudi will no longer be a battlefield of egos, but a bridge of brotherhood and shared purpose.

For far too long, the ruling regime has thrived on a fragmented opposition — on whispers of doubt, scattered voices, and narrow paths. But today, a thunderclap was heard across the land:

The opposition is no longer scattered. It is standing. It is structured. It is strategic.

This movement must now inspire not only other political actors but civic society, religious leaders, diaspora communities, youth and women’s networks, and all citizens of conscience. This is the moment for alignment.

According to Charly Gabriel Mbock, who resigned from the UPC, joined at the PCRN, it was imperative these opposition leaders join forces to bring leadership change and end the stagnation and existential threat posed by the regime in power for 43 years.

“For more than four decades, the Cameroonian people have suffered systemic oppression, economic marginalization, and the stifling of democratic freedoms. The upcoming elections are not just another ballot, but a decisive moment for the survival of our nation,” he said.

 The upcoming elections will be crucial for the opposition’s unity of action, added.