The party founded in 1958 by the first Prime Minister André Marie Mbida, which has been dormant for years, has just set up an ad hoc committee under the coordination of Prof. Claude Abe.
The Cameroonian Democrats’ Party (PDC) is preparing to win votes in the 2026 legislative and municipal elections. To this end, its national president, Louis Tobie Mbida, aware that his party, which has been in hibernation, has lost its former glory, has just set up an ad hoc committee to make the political formation function and ensure its influence on the national political scene.
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Created on the basis of Article 33 of the party’s statutes, the committee, composed of fifteen members, is placed under the supervision of Simon Pierre Omgba, the national president’s representative. Prof. Claude Abe, a sociologist and university professor well known to the public for his regular media appearances, will coordinate the team. Their first role will be to fill the functions of the party’s bodies, which no longer exist. As part of their missions, the committee members are responsible for making the party known again on the ground.
In anticipation of the municipal and legislative elections, the PDC’s ad hoc committee is responsible for designing a political program and preparing the election campaign. The party, which aims to be represented in municipal councils and the National Assembly, is also responsible for finding candidates to represent its interests in the various elections. The party president has also tasked this team with monitoring the submission of candidate files to Elections Cameroon. The team will also be responsible for recruiting and training the representatives that the party will deploy to polling stations to represent it.
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One of Cameroon’s oldest parties, absent from the scene, must therefore fight hard for its visibility and, above all, to regain the people’s trust.
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