Parliament: June Ordinary Session Begins Tomorrow

It will be the first ordinary session for Senators of the second legislative period and probably the last for Members of the National Assembly of the ninth legislative period.

All roads for Cameroon’s Senators and Members of the National Assembly now lead to the nation’s capital, Yaounde where the opening plenary sittings for the June 2018 ordinary session of Parliament will take place on Thursday, June 7, 2018.

According to the press release signed by the Senate President Marcel Niat Njifenji, the opening plenary sitting in the Upper House of Parliament will take place at the Yaounde Conference Centre at 4:00 p.m.

The Speaker of the National Assembly, Hon. Cavaye Yeguie Djibril on his part in a release summoned MPs for the opening plenary sitting that will begin at 11: 00 a.m. at the National Assembly Ngoa-Ekelle Glass Palace.

The June 2018 ordinary session of Parliament is highly awaited both by Members of the National Assembly and Senators.  Everything being equal, it will be the last session for Members of Parliament of the ninth legislative period of the National Assembly who were elected in the twin legislative and municipal elections of  September 30, 2013 for a five-year term of office.

Their term of office effectively started on October 29, 2013 with the ordinary session as of right. The Electoral Code in its Section 148 (3) provides that, “All the seats in the National Assembly shall be renewed every five years.

Elections shall be held not later than 40 days to the expiry of the term of office of Members of Parliament.” MPs will during the June ordinary session will be ascertained as to whether the legislative election will hold this year. This because in case of extensi...

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