Legislative, Municipal Elections: SDF Begins Mobilisation

A s effervescence around the most anticipated legislative and municipal elections conti­ nues to mount, the Social Democratic Front (SDF) has already begun its preparations in order not to be taken unawares when the President of the Republic, in conformity with his constitutional powers, convenes the electorate for the twin polls. It is thus against this backdrop that the political party at its Yaounde head­ quarters held a National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting on October 31, 2026 which was chaired by the National Chairman, Joshua Osih. Basically, the meeting was dedicated to exchange views at mobilising po­ tential candidates and resources for the twin elections. As explained by the Chairman, it will be a democratic process as candidates will be selected through an electoral process known was primaries. Selected candidates will then have to begin preparing the requisite documents in view of the elections. “Essentially, this NEC was about pre­ paring for upcoming elections. It was a very important meeting. As you know, we are in an elective period. Whether the elections are summoned or not, one thing is that the elections will soon hold and that is why we are exploring all winning possibilities,” he said. According to the Chairman, it was imperative to agree at the National Executive Committee on how to tackle the electoral operations. To this effect, all regional Chairpersons presented field reports, giving a clear picture of the realities in these lo­ calities. This explains why the Chair­ man said difficulties had to be care­ fully examined with clear-cut stra­ tegies of overcoming them. Joshua Osih said the objective of the party is to gain the control of as many Municip...