YAOUNDE, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- The Cameroon Constitutional Court on Thursday received petitions from three opposition candidates demanding the nullification of the Oct. 7 presidential poll.
According to the Cameroonian electoral body, Elections Cameroon, 25 petitions have been filed by voters and candidates asking for the election to be either partially or totally annulled.
Joshua Osih, candidate of the leading opposition Social Democratic Front (SDF) wants the total annulment of the election.
"There were a lot of irregularities during the election. The electoral process was not free and fair. They were areas in the Northwest and Southwest regions that did not have electoral material. We also noticed printing of fake voter's cards," Kejang Henry, 2nd national communication secretary of the SDF, told Xinhua.
Maurice Kamto, opposition candidate of Cameroon Renaissance Movement (CRM) who claimed victory of the poll earlier this week, has petitioned the court to partially nullify the election, especially in the Anglophone regions of Northwest and Southwest where armed separatists have been clashing with government forces, Olivier Nissack, spokesman of CRM, told Xinhua.
"The election in the Northwest and Southwest was rigged in favor of the ruling party. Polling stations were relocated in the regions against the law," Nissack said.
Univers Party candidate Cabral Libii also called for the election to be nullified.
Cameroon's ruling party, Cameroon People Democratic Movement (CPDM), on Monday called for calm as the country awaits the final results of the presidential poll.
"We ask all our compatriots to remain peaceful as we await the results of the election, to calmly go about their occupations and not to cede to any form of provocation," Jean Kuete, secretary general of the CPDM told a press conference in the capital Yaounde.
Kuete also rebuked Kamto remarks that he had been given "a clear mandate" that he intended to "defend vigorously till the end."
The Constitutional Court will rule on the petitions before the announcement of the final results of the election by Oct. 22 by the National Vote Counting Commission.
