Opinion: "Even ill, Paul Biya has so far continued to benefit from symbolic authority"

Albert Ze writes that even old, sick, and absent, Paul Biya retains a symbolic authority that no one else possesses. The Cameroonian public questions the chaos awaiting the country without Biya, noting the lack of legitimacy of those claiming power. Examples like the Minister of Mines' comments on gold or the Constitutional Council's decisions weaken institutions.