The Cameroonian national assembly speaker, Djibril Cavaye Yeguie, expressed his readiness to run for an 8th consecutive mandate
Posted by African Press International on July 17, 2007
Douala (Cameroon) The Cameroonian national assembly speaker, Djibril Cavaye Yeguie, expressed his readiness to run for an 8th consecutive mandate at the parliament during the legislative polls slated for 22 July 2007, APA has learnt.
As a member of the political bureau of the ruling Democratic Rally of Cameroonian People (RDPC), the MP for Mayo Sava located in the country’s extreme north, has been a member of the national assembly since 1972.
Yeguie, who records landmark longevity in the Cameroonian political scene, said “he devotes passion to the duties of an MP”.
After assuming different positions in the same parliament, Yeguie has been its speaker since 1992.
From that date forward, he was always re-elected unopposed, since his political party holds the majority in parliament.
This practising Muslim, 60 years old, is married to four wives and father to 15 children. He was at first a fervent Catholic christened Maurice before he converted to Islam after Cameroon’s independence in 1960. He trained as a physical and sports education teacher.
The ongoing speaker canvasses his compatriots in a bid, he said, to “help President Paul Biya honour his electoral pledge of major changes to the Cameroonian people during the 2004 presidential polls”.
“As long as the militants of my party trust me, and the voters elect me MP, I cannot but accept,” he said.
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