The Constitutional Council declared that it does not have jurisdiction over the CRM’s petition concerning ELECAM’s failure to publish the national electoral roll. In its application, the CRM denounced in particular the violation of Article 80 of the Electoral Code, a legal provision that requires the Chief Electoral Officer to publish the national electoral list by 30 December of each year. On 30 December 2024, the Director General announced the publication of the electoral roll in the communal offices of Elections Cameroon. The Council presided by Clément Atangana ruled that the case was incompetent.
In its ruling at the end of the hearing on 21 January, the Constitutional Council emphasised, among other things, that “any dispute relating to the national electoral roll must first be brought before the Electoral Council, and in the event of rejection, before the competent Court of Appeal”.
This decision is strongly contested by Mr Hyppolite Meli, representative of the Sylvain SOUOP collective, which is responsible for defending the interests of the Cameroon Renaissance Movement. “We are going to continue our fight to defend the right to vote of all voters registered by ELECAM during this pre-electoral period, because they are the only holders of sovereignty“. He declared at the end of the hearing.