In a video released on March 30, 2026, the national president of the Patriotic Movement for the Prosperity of the People (MP3) gives his opinion on parliamentary and extra-parliamentary decisions that could establish institutional reforms in Cameroon.
The former candidate in the presidential election of October 12, 2025, questions the legitimacy of the profound institutional changes announced in Cameroon. The national president of the MP3, Samuel Iyodi Hiram, uses the ongoing ordinary session at the National Assembly as a pretext to question the added value of these reforms as well as the processes that will be used to achieve them. The politician begins with the extension of the mandate of deputies, which has just been finalized following the promulgation of a law, and of municipal councilors currently under review within the chambers of parliament.
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For him, these changes contribute to silencing democracy in Cameroon. But they will not succeed in discouraging those working to bring change to the country. Young and claiming a certain proximity to the youth of his country, he maintains that Cameroonian youth will not demobilize. ‘’We will remain lucid, focused, and committed to taking back power’’, he declares.
Also, the youngest candidate in the 2025 presidential election reacts to the announcement of the creation of new administrative units in Cameroon. While public opinion awaits the realization of this project, which is under study in the high administration and within existing administrative units, Samuel Iyodi Hiram sees this initiative as a source of problems. He draws the attention of administrative authorities to ‘’the risks of frustration that such a project would generate, being exclusively based on political calculations, disconnected from local realities, and conducted outside of any national consultation framework’’.
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Furthermore, the politician looks at the revision of the Constitution, announced in recent rumors, but whose draft has not yet been submitted to parliament. The president of the MP3 analyzes this revision as an act by which Cameroon will switch from a presidential system to a parliamentary system with the introduction of the post of vice-president.
This poses a problem of legitimacy according to him, in the sense that, referring to the contested results of the last presidential election, the head of state would not benefit from a true mandate from the people. To this end, he calls for a sacred union of actors for change to save the Republic and preserve its balances.
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