ELECAM on Good Hands: Fonkam Azu’u very determined to make Future Elections more Credible

ELECAM on Good Hands:

Fonkam Azu’u very determined to make Future Elections more Credible

The National Chieftain of Elections Cameroon
(ELECAM), Dr.. Fonkam Azu’u, is a genu ine election expert par excellence.  Reason why a majority of Cameroonians including a cross-section of opposition political parties, militants and foreign bodies have all agreed with one voice that ELECAM is on good hands.

Whatever detractors may say, ELECAM remains a credible body. ELECAM did everything humanly possible to ensure that calm reigned at the last Presidential election which had only a single ugly incident, the death of a woman in Bandjoun.  In other countries it is a total war. Foreign Diplomats and International Election Monitors were generally satisfied with the conduct of the polls.  There were cases of multiple registrations but that didn’t perturb the process. And when we consider that it was the first election organized by ELECAM, the errors can easily be forgiven.

Any sincere Cameroonian would recall that electoral materials arrive their destinations on time and that the ballot papers of all Presidential candidates were available at all polling stations and on time.  No complaints about shortages.  Those who complain about ELECAM forget that in the U.S., George Bush won elections despite electoral fraud in Florida where ballot boxes disappeared.

There’s no perfect electoral system in the world.  Nothing human can be perfect anyway.  The new electoral code strengthens ELECAM.  But the truth is that for the election management body to succeed, Cameroonians must give it all the support it deserves.

When some Cameroonians without giving ELECAM a try, tried and sentenced the ELECTION Management body, ELECAM Chair, Dr. Samuel Fonkam Azu’u did not give up.  He still called on Cameroonians to give ELECAM a chance.

Fortunately, Dr. Fonkam Azu’u’s appeal didn’t fall on deaf ears. ELECAM has not only come to stay.  It promises to lead Cameroonians to the promised land of absolutely free, fair and transparent elections.

No doubt, Dr. Fonkam is bent to give ELECAM a human face, Dr. Samuel Fonkam has continue to criss-cross the nooks and crannies of the country with his high-level retinue, sensitizing and educating Cameroonians, especially election stakeholders, on the new electoral code and biometric system of registration.