Cameroon’s Vice Presidency: Stéphane Menounga Denounces a “Political Scam”

Stéphane Menounga is challenging the democratic legitimacy of Cameroon’s presidential succession mechanism. He argues that the vice presidency does not address the public’s problems but serves to perpetuate the power of an elite. In his view, a presidential mandate belongs to the people and cannot be transferred to someone who was not elected to that office. He compares this principle with restrictions that prevented the MRC from taking part in presidential elections after some elected officials joined the party.