The national president of the cameroon renaissance movement party, CRM : accuses president Biya of unfairly appointing a CPDM loyalist to join the constitutional council

 The 2025 presidential election aspirant describes the appointment of Senator Monique Ouli Ndongo as a “democratic betrayal” aimed at helping the CPDM party rig the exercise.

The National President of the Cameroon Renaissance Movement, CRM, Maurice Kamto has issued a scathing statement condemning what he calls a “calculated assault on democracy.” The 2018 presidential election candidate’s ire was sparked by the appointment of Monique Ouli Ndongo, a staunch militant of the ruling Cameroon’s people Democratic Movement, CPDM party, to the Constitutional Council.

Mrs. Ndongo, a former Senator and longtime CPDM Central Committee member, was appointed on April 8, 2025, an act Kamto has branded as a clear move by the ruling regime to tighten its stranglehold on the institution tasked with guaranteeing electoral fairness. “This is not just another political nomination,” Kamto warned. “It is a flagrant message to Cameroonians: the 2025 election is being rigged in plain sight.” The CRM leader, a major opposition force and presidential hopeful, pointed to the Constitutional Council’s recent refusal to rule on the publication of the national electoral roll, an obligation under Article 80 of the Electoral Code, as a harbinger of a deeper rot within the institution.

He accused the Council of descending into partisanship and shielding the regime from accountability. Kamto did not stop there. He directly accused the President of the Constitutional Council of compromising his impartiality by participating in a CPDM-aligned political gathering, during which the party rallied for the incumbent President’s re-election. The fact that this same President serves as both the Head of State and National Chairman of the CPDM, while preparing to run again, is, according to Kamto, a “stunning violation” of Article 7(4) of the Constitution. “What we are witnessing is not governance, it is a prelude to electoral theft,” Kamto declared. “Cameroonians must prepare for a fierce defense of their sovereignty.

The 2025 election will not be a repeat of the farce of October 7, 2018, where the Constitutional Council publicly announced a 100.48% voter turnout.” This reference to the disputed 2018 election, marred by allegations of fraud and absurd statistics, is Kamto’s rallying cry. He calls on citizens to “redouble their vigilance” and prepare a determined response to what he described as “illegal maneuvers and panic” from a regime terrified of democratic change. As the 2025 race heats up, Kamto’s declaration signals a hardening of the opposition’s stance and a warning that the coming months could be among the most volatile In Cameroon’s political history.

Monique Ouli Ndongo’s appointment

Monique Ouli Ndongo, a longstanding activist of the Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement, CPDM, was appointed to the Constitutional Council by President Paul Biya on Tuesday, April 8. Hailing from Kadey in the East Region, Ouli Ndongo typifies the career trajectory of a staunch regime loyalist. A graduate of the Faculty of Agronomy in Dschang in 1985, she steadily climbed the ranks within the Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries, and Animal Industries, MINEPIA, serving as Secretary General from 2006 to 2015.

 Her political ascent began in 2011 with her inclusion in the CPDM central committee. Twice elected senator for the East Region in 2013 and 2018, she is known for advocating women’s political empowerment though always within the framework of party loyalty.