Cameroon’s Presidency and the Fraud of Western Democracy

Western powers have long preached democracy to Africa as a moral standard, yet they are often silent when African political systems are manipulated to protect elite interests and engineer succession. Cameroon’s move to restore the office of vice president under President Paul Biya exposes that hypocrisy.

Framed as a measure for continuity, the amendment is clearly a tool to hand the president the power to effectively choose his successor, raising serious questions about whether the democracy Western governments promote is really about the will of the people or simply about preserving order that serves their own geopolitical and economic interests.