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Reference ID	Created	Released	Classification	Origin
07YAOUNDE492	2007-04-17 16:25	2011-08-30 01:44	UNCLASSIFIED	Embassy Yaounde

VZCZCXYZ0002
RR RUEHWEB

DE RUEHYD #0492 1071625
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 171625Z APR 07
FM AMEMBASSY YAOUNDE
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 7606
INFO RUEHZK/ECOWAS COLLECTIVE
RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 1584
RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS 1829
RHMFISS/HQ USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GE

UNCLAS YAOUNDE 000492 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR AF/C 
DEPT PLEASE PASS MCC 
LONDON AND PARIS FOR AFRICA ACTION OFFICERS 
EUCOM FOR J5-A AFRICA DIVISION AND POLAD YATES 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV CM
SUBJECT: CAMEROON: INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSION ONE 
STEP CLOSER 
 
REF: 06 YAOUNDE 1887 
 
¶1.  (U) Prime Minister Ephraim Inoni issued a decision April 
16 creating an inter-ministerial ad hoc committee to 
facilitate the implementation of ELECAM (Elections Cameroon), 
the independent electoral commission announced in December. 
The ad hoc committee has 45 days (maximum) to complete its 
tasks. 
 
¶2.  (U) Ever since ELECAM was announced, there have been 
calls to have it stood up immediately.  Opposition parties in 
particular have urged that ELECAM take over organizing and 
running elections, complaining that the Interior Ministry has 
an inherent conflict of interest when it comes to free and 
fair elections. 
 
¶3.  (U) The ad hoc inter-ministerial committee will report to 
the Secretary General at the Prime Ministry and has three 
tasks: 1) preparing draft texts regarding the creation, 
organization and functioning of ELECAM; 2) preparing the 
outline of an eventual text for ELECAM's internal controls; 
3) developing guidelines for nominating ELECAM members, and 
the satisfactory implementation of its activities within the 
timeline detailed in the law creating ELECAM. 
 
¶4. (U) The committee will have 9 members.  Its president will 
be a "high level official" from the Prime Ministry and the 
vice president will represent the Interior Ministry.  After 
that, there will be two members each from the Prime Ministry, 
Ministry of Justice, and Ministry of Economy and Finance, and 
one from Interior, all of whom will be appointed by the 
ministries they represent. 
 
¶5.  (U) Comment.  The timing of the ad hoc committee's 
creation and the 45 day limit to complete its work could mean 
that the Goverment of Cameroon is considering not renewing 
the mandate of the National Elections Observatory (french 
acronym, ONEL) which expires at the end of May, though that 
would pose problems for ONEL's participation in the 
legislatve and municipal elections, which are expected to be 
called for July.  ONEL will be redundant once ELECAM is 
operational and many have suggested that ONEL (with its 
personnel, material and expertise) should simply provide the 
basis for ELECAM, a conversion that would expedite ELECAM's 
implementation.  End Comment. 
NELSON

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