In the face of the regional, Cameroonians are thinking in particular of the celebration of the end of the year

The regional elections will take place on Sunday, December 6, in Cameroon, but the population is not particularly worried about the vote. Especially because it is the big voters who are called to vote and not the general population, who rather think about organizing this year’s celebration in a difficult economic context.

With our special correspondent in Yaoundé, Jeanne Richard

This Saturday is the central market in Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, is in full swing. The animation does not depend on regional elections planned for the next day, but rather at the Christmas celebration, which takes place in three weeks.

“What should the children eat for Christmas?” There are holidays coming, the end of the year is just around the corner … The regional ones, really, that’s the last concern, that’s the last thing we think about right now, says a hairdresser. whose thoughts are directed to the organization of the great family meal.

Finding a small gift for the kids, a nice outfit or even a tree, it will be a little harder for this client this year, more worried about the financial difficulties than the voting. “This is not what will lead to the change we expect, so it interests us very little. (…) With Covid-19 which has drastically blocked the economy, it is difficult, he explains.

As he sits in front of his store, a salesperson is also worried about the financial difficulties, which are the core of his concerns. “Life is expensive, there is no money, no work and many problems … The choice that can not affect, he says. For this Cameroonian, these regional councils are seen as a new administrative level that will not bring about any change in their difficult everyday life.

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