Cameroon’s Constitutional Council on Friday has rejected the last of eighteen petitions calling for a re-run of an Oct. 7 election that the opposition said was marred by fraud, allegedly paving the way for results expected to extend President Paul Biya’s 36-year rule.
The rejections clear all legal objections to the polls.
More than two weeks after the vote, no results have been announced but under national law, authorities have until Sunday to do so.
An election many have said were generally marred by allegations of voter intimidation, violence and ballot-stuffing cast doubt over the election, prompting the three main opposition candidates, and other prominent political figures, to call for the cancellation of results.
Paul Biya is seeking a seventh term that would see him keep his place as one of Africa’s longest-serving leaders. The only current African president to have ruled longer is Equatorial Guinea’s Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.
