A few weeks before the presidential election in Cameroon, the political campaign takes an unexpected turn with the spread of a viral video of Brenda Biya, the daughter of the president in office, Paul Biya. In this sequence broadcast on her social networks, the young woman explicitly calls on Cameroonians not to vote for her father, who is a candidate for his own succession. The video, which quickly made the tour of the toile, is inscribed in a context of personal and family tensions. Brenda Biya denounces a “persecution” by her entourage, without giving further details. This appeal to voters against President Biya is perceived as an act of unprecedented rupture, offering a rare glimpse of the dissensions within the inner circle of power. Paul Biya, 92 years old, in office since 1982, has recently formalised his candidacy for an eighth term. If his intention to run again was not a surprise for most observers, the declaration of his own daughter casts a shadow on a campaign already marked by debates on the age and longevity in power of the head of state. This public position of Brenda Biya, who has already made talk of her in the past for her positions on homosexuality in a country where she is penalized, relaunches the debate on the succession and the state of the presidential family.
President of Cameroon: Brenda Biya calls on people not to vote for her father
