YAOUNDE, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Cameroon's National Assembly, or the Lower House of parliament, on Tuesday approved a bill extending the mandate for its current lawmakers for a year from its expiry date of March 10, 2025 to to March 30, 2026.
While presiding over a plenary session to approve the bill, House Speaker Cavaye Yeguie Djibril said that the extension was imperative to "decongest" the electoral calendar next year which will see presidential, parliamentary, municipal and regional council elections in the Central African country.
Last week, the government said that the extension will "spread the elections over the years 2025 and 2026, so as to ensure better organization." ■
