Paul Biya’s 50 Days in Switzerland: The Long Goodbye to an Era
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Paul Biya no longer appeared publicly since 7 June, when the official newspaper Cameraon Tribune announced his departure for "a short private stay in Europe". More than 50 days later,...
While the Cameroonian president has been residing in Switzerland for more than fifty days – a record – his opponents do not seem to be able to take advantage of the situation to create a vast political movement.
In Cameroon, 50 days after President Biya left Cameroon. Cameroon left on 7 June last, the leader of the Cameroonian state, who is 93 years old, soon 44 of whom in power, was no longer seen in public since that date. An absence that fueled the debates in the political class and in the Cameroonian media. The opposition denounces the fact that Cameroon is on automatic pilotage, while the Cameroonian presidency reassures.
The dean of heads of state in the world has not returned to Yaoundé since 7 June, fuelling questions about his state of health and the inertia of power. The country has not experienced any political alternation since his independence in 1960.
In Switzerland for 51 days, has Paul Biya really died? The Constitutional Council, the only institution empowered to see a vacancy in the Presidency, has so far made no statement. The Presidency of the Republic has not communicated any date of return of the Grabatary President.
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Cameroon Intelligence ReportPaul Biya’s 50 Days in Switzerland: The long goodbye to an era
For more than four decades, President Paul Biya has defied predictions of his political demise. He has outlasted rivals, survived crises and maintained an iron grip on Cameroon through a system built on centralized authority and carefully managed succession. Yet politics is often defined not by dramatic events, but by prolonged absences that expose uncomfortable realities. Biya’s record 50-day stay in Switzerland is one such moment. Whether the …
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