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Cameroon’s parliament on Saturday overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment to bring back the position of vice president, a measure the government says will ensure continuity if power changes hands suddenly. The bill passed 200 to 18, with four abstentions, in a joint session dominated by President Paul Biya’s ruling party.
Under the legislation, the vice president will automatically assume the presidency if Biya dies, resigns or becomes incapacitated. The post will be appointed and dismissed by the president and will serve for the remainder of the president’s seven-year term.
Biya, 93, has led the oil- and cocoa-producing Central African country since 1982 and is the world’s oldest serving head of state. Public discussion of his health is banned, and the reform marks the country’s first major constitutional change since 2008, when presidential term limits were scrapped.
The government argues the reform is needed to protect institutional stability in the event of a sudden leadership vacancy. Biya has 15 days to promulgate the bill.
Critics say the amendment weakens democratic institutions and deepens centralisation of power. Joshua Osih, an opposition lawmaker, said the change missed an opportunity to strengthen national unity and democratic governance in a country still grappling with a separatist conflict that has dragged on since 2017.
