The fourth deputy mayor of Douala 5th announced this morning his commitment to join Issa Tchiroma Bakary’s party, the leader he has supported since the end of the 2025 presidential election.
Joseph Espoir Biyong is turning the page on the Cameroonian Party for National Reconciliation (PCRN), the political formation under whose banner he was elected fourth deputy mayor of Douala 5th during the combined elections of February 9, 2020. This February 3, 2026, the mayor is releasing the news that his previous publications had already announced. “I am delighted to announce that I have decided to join the Front for the National Salvation of Cameroon (FSNC) as a militant,” declares the politician without dwelling on the reasons for his departure or the reasons for his new commitment.
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The news implies that Joseph Espoir Biyong has definitively left the PCRN and is joining the movement for change led by Issa Tchiroma Bakary, a candidate who claims victory in the October 2025 presidential election. The surprise is not so great for informed observers and analysts of the national political scene. Since the last presidential election in Cameroon, Joseph Espoir Biyong has expressed unwavering support for the leader of the FSNC. He has defended Tchiroma’s victory tooth and nail in the mainstream and social media, to the point of being summoned to the Bonanjo prefecture in Douala for his excessive zeal in favor of the former minister.
Without clearly announcing his withdrawal from the PCRN, the politician had already shown in recent months his alignment behind the national president of the FSNC, who is in exile in Gambia. Last January, during a media appearance, he announced his withdrawal from the legislative and municipal elections that the country is preparing to organize. This is in accordance with the decision of Issa Tchiroma, who gave the order to his party, the FSNC, to boycott these elections as a sign of protest and resistance against the “confiscation of power” by a regime that, in his opinion, lost the presidential election. The deputy mayor, who recently stated that he no longer had a life, is pinning his hopes on the new party to which he is joining.
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However, by joining the FSNC, which is boycotting the elections, Joseph Espoir Biyong displays a certain inconsistency. He was among those who criticized the president of the MRC, Prof. Maurice Kamto, for deciding to boycott the legislative and municipal elections of February 9, 2020. This blocked the path for several party executives who intended to run in these elections. Today, he aligns himself behind another leader who is making the same decision. This evolution clearly shows that in politics, leaders can revise their convictions over time.
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