{"id":430,"date":"2025-10-06T11:10:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T11:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/?p=430"},"modified":"2025-10-06T11:10:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T11:10:21","slug":"cameroon-opposition-candidate-vows-to-unseat-president-biya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/06\/cameroon-opposition-candidate-vows-to-unseat-president-biya\/","title":{"rendered":"Cameroon Opposition Candidate Vows to Unseat President Biya"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/large_noB8E99TvpUFtQ3k-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Cameroon\u2019s National Salvation Front presidential candidate Issa Tchiroma Bakary vowed to \u201ccrush\u201d President Paul Biya and other contenders during a rally in Douala on Sunday, accusing the long-serving leader of causing the nation\u2019s crises.\" class=\"wp-image-432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/large_noB8E99TvpUFtQ3k-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/large_noB8E99TvpUFtQ3k-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/large_noB8E99TvpUFtQ3k-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/large_noB8E99TvpUFtQ3k-1.jpg 1182w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Cameroon\u2019s National Salvation Front presidential candidate <strong>Issa Tchiroma Bakary<\/strong> has vowed to <em>\u201ccrush\u201d<\/em> President <strong>Paul Biya<\/strong> and other contenders in the upcoming <strong>October 12<\/strong> elections, as he rallied supporters in <strong>Douala<\/strong> on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cWe are going to crush all the others, especially the CPDM candidate, because he is responsible for the situation we find ourselves in. I will never betray you,\u201d Tchiroma declared to cheering crowds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy protection is God and the people of Cameroon. The people cannot demand change and then re-elect those responsible for the crisis. You must remain vigilant,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Footage from the rally showed thousands of enthusiastic supporters waving flags and displaying ID cards in a show of support for Tchiroma\u2019s campaign against the ruling <strong>Cameroon People\u2019s Democratic Movement (CPDM)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tchiroma, who served as <strong>Minister of Employment<\/strong> until <strong>June 2025<\/strong>, is mounting a strong challenge against Biya\u2019s decades-long rule. The <strong>92-year-old president<\/strong>, in power since 1982, announced in July that he would seek an <strong>eighth term<\/strong>, citing <em>\u201cnumerous and insistent calls\u201d<\/em> to remain in office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a surprising twist, Biya\u2019s <strong>27-year-old daughter, Brenda Biya<\/strong>, recently took to TikTok to criticize her father, saying he has <em>\u201cmade too many people suffer\u201d<\/em> and urging Cameroonians to vote him out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cameroon\u2019s National Salvation Front presidential candidate Issa Tchiroma Bakary has vowed to \u201ccrush\u201d President Paul Biya and other contenders in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"right-sidebar","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"disabled","ast-banner-title-visibility":"disabled","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"disabled","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":433,"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430\/revisions\/433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gugudde.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}