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The Democratization Process in Cameroon, Thirty (30) Years after Democratic Transition (1990-2020): Achievements, Challenges, Uncertainties and Prospects

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  • Dr. William Hermann Arrey

    (Senior Lecturer and Chair-Department of Peace and Development Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and International Relations, Protestant University of Central Africa (PUCA). Yaoundé, Cameroon)

  • Dr. Steve Tametong Nguemo Tsidie

    (Research Fellow in Democracy and Governance, Nkafu Policy Institute, Yaoundé, Cameroon)

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How to apprehend and describe the democratic process in Cameroon three decades after the democratic transitions of the 90s? This is the question at the heart of this contribution, which aims to highlight the achievements, analyze the contingencies of practice and lay the groundwork for a better entrenchment of democratic culture and the rule of law. Based on the analysis of legal texts and the description of the facts, the study shows that the formal gains of the democratic process are shaken, thirty years later, by numerous crises: institutional crisis; crisis of public freedoms and the rule of law; crisis of electoral democracy. The relaunch of the democratic process necessarily requires a renewal of political leadership, the grooming of certain ‘liberticidal’ laws, the establishment of fair rules for electoral competition, the education of the people in democratic culture and the decisive contribution of the diaspora in the peace and development process of Cameroon.

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  • Dr. William Hermann Arrey & Dr. Steve Tametong Nguemo Tsidie, 2021. "The Democratization Process in Cameroon, Thirty (30) Years after Democratic Transition (1990-2020): Achievements, Challenges, Uncertainties and Prospects," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 5(09), pages 76-82, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bcp:journl:v:5:y:2021:i:09:p:76-82
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