The President of the National Assembly, President of the Congress, has just set the tone for the work starting this April 02, 2026, at the Paul Biya Glass Palace.
The work of the sixth congress intended to amend certain provisions of the Constitution is underway. The president of the congress, a body bringing together the two chambers of the Cameroonian parliament, MP Théodore Datouo, declared these proceedings open this Thursday morning. On the occasion of the launch, the new president of the National Assembly specified that the initiative for this revision comes from the President of the Republic Paul Biya and is based on Article 63 paragraph 1 of the Constitution in force, which nevertheless gives this power to both the Head of State and the parliament.
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For the first time since the creation of the Senate in 1996 and its inauguration in 2013, the congress is meeting to amend certain provisions of the fundamental law. Its convening, its president recalls, is based on Article 14 paragraph 4 of the same Constitution. It meets in a context still marked by the last presidential election. A vote following which expectations abound among Cameroonians at the start of the seven-year term that President Paul Biya has just obtained.
The president of the congress links the spirit of the draft constitutional revision submitted to the congress to the commitment of the President of the Republic to remain at the service of his country and Cameroonians. It is also in line with the call for a sacred union launched by President Paul Biya during his inauguration speech on November 06, 2025. The reason for the modification of certain provisions of the Constitution appears from the opening speech of the president of the congress.
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According to Théodore Datouo, it relates to the will of the Head of State “of his well-known will, as affirmed many times, for a constant improvement of the institutions of the Republic, institutions that must be adapted to the requirements of the time so that our country can always and at best, meet the many challenges that call upon it,” declared the president of the National Assembly. He invited the deputies and senators to examine the draft text “as good patriots” in order to meet the expectations of the populations.
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