Tension, Confusion In Cameroun Over Disputes In Presidential Election Victory

<h4>Tension<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<h4><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that tension is currently swelling in Cameroun over disputes in the presidential election results&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Cameroon&&num;8217&semi;s opposition leader&comma; Issa Tchiroma Bakary&comma; who has declared himself the winner of the 12 October elections&comma; has said that he will not accept a stolen vote&comma; with the results due to be announced on Monday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He says his team has compiled the overall picture based on results from individual polling stations&comma; so there is no doubt&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Tchiroma Bakary&comma; 76&comma; is a former government minister who broke ranks with President Paul Biya&comma; 92&comma; who is seeking another term after 43 years in power&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The ruling party has dismissed Tchiroma Bakary&&num;8217&semi;s victory claims and several officials have described it as illegal because only the Constitutional Council can proclaim official results&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Tchiroma Bakary said he had urged his supporters to defend their votes&comma; adding&colon; &&num;8220&semi;We will never accept their votes being stolen by anyone&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said he was not concerned about being arrested or being put in jail&comma; &&num;8220&semi;but I know that I have already won the presidential election&&num;8221&semi;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;There is no doubt&comma; no shadow of doubt whatsoever&period; My victory is undeniable&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he told newsmen&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said the ruling CPDM party had &&num;8220&semi;their backs against the wall&&num;8221&semi; and could not accept the reality of the vote&comma; and challenged them to show if what he was saying about the election was wrong&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He defended his decision to declare himself himself the winner&comma; insisting that the law &&num;8220&semi;does not prevent us from so doing&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Asked whether he would accept defeat if someone else is declared the winner&comma; he said he would agree <em><strong>&&num;8220&semi;provided the Constitutional Council announces the results that comes from the ballot box&comma; not ballot stuffing&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Tensions over the delayed announcement of the election results have been growing&comma; sparking fears of post-electoral violence in a country already rocked by a separatist conflict in the Anglophone regions and Boko Haram insurgency in the Far North region&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The highly respected and influential <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">Catholic Church<&sol;a> in Cameroon this week urged calm following fears that violence could erupt once official results are declared&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Catholic bishops said they hoped the official result would reflect the will of the electorate&comma; and &&num;8220&semi;nothing will be changed by any authority involved in this exercise<&sol;p>&NewLine;