08/08/2025
Bello Bouba Maigara At Press Conference Today;
1. I will initiate a genuine inclusive national dialogue to sustainably resolve the Anglophone crisis.
2. I will have an amnesty law passed for all persons detained for offenses of opinion.
3. I will organize, in agreement with the family, the return of the remains of the first President of the Republic, accompanied by official funeral ceremonies with the honors due to his role in the history of Cameroon.
4. I will also take measures to truly rehabilitate the memory of the heroes of the struggle for the independence and reunification of our country.
5. I will have the Constitution revised to, in particular:
reduce the presidential term to five (5) years, renewable only once, with a two-round election;
strengthen the powers of Parliament;
give the judiciary real independence and transform the Audit Bench of the Supreme Court into a Court of Auditors;
lower the voting age to 18;
ensure better guarantees of fundamental freedoms.
6. I will have the Electoral Code revised for greater fairness and transparency.
7. I will initiate a national debate on the form of the State, including federalism, which must not be taboo and whose merits are well known, and will then submit it to a referendum.
On the economic front, I will implement a major and ambitious economic recovery program. This program will aim to:
a) revive economic growth and bring about the structural transformation of the economy;
b) address in depth the issues of employment and poverty;
c) stop the deterioration of economic and social infrastructure, and then rebuild them.
The backbone of this economic recovery program is built around the following key pillars:
1. Achieving a double-digit growth rate to generate massive job creation, reduce poverty and inequality, and improve living conditions.
2. The implementation of vital infrastructure will focus mainly on building new roads and rehabilitating existing ones, ensuring universal access to drinking water and electricity. Implementing such infrastructure is essential to stimulate the country’s industrialization.
3. We will develop human capital and social services by modernizing the health and education systems and creating vocational training programs tailored to labor market needs. Substantial investments will be made in digital professions.
4. Governance will be at the heart of our program. It will involve transparency, efficiency, and accountability in public action. We will wage an uncompromising fight against corruption and costly, ineffective structures, while modernizing our essential institutions for a more efficient administration.
This economic recovery program, budgeted at 60 trillion CFA francs over the seven-year term, will be financed through an audacious and responsible approach, mainly by mobilizing domestic resources.
That, dear friends in the media, is why I am a candidate in the presidential election of October 12: I offer my fellow citizens a pact to build together the future that Cameroon and its children deserve.
K*m Leonard Official
