Barrister Agbor Balla, CHRDA President, Performing His Civic Right.
Renowned human rights lawyer and civic rights advocate Nkongho Felix Agbor Balla, President of the Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Africa (CHRDA), has issued a statement denouncing electoral fraud and malpractice in Cameroon as “a crime against humanity.”
In his declaration titled “Statement on Electoral Fraud and Malpractice as a Crime Against Humanity,” the refined human rights advocate described the ballot as “the voice of the people, the instrument of legitimacy, and the foundation of peaceful governance.”
He argued that when elections are manipulated, it is not simply political misconduct but “an assault on the sovereignty and dignity of an entire people.”
The rights advocate lamented what he called decades of systemic manipulation of Cameroon’s electoral process from tampered voter registers and stuffed ballot boxes to voter intimidation and the exclusion of opposition candidates.
According to him, these practices amount to “a sustained attack on the civilian population’s right to self-determination.”
“When electoral fraud becomes a policy of governance and dissenters are silenced through intimidation or violence,” he wrote, “it ceases to be a domestic political issue, it becomes an international crime.”
Nkongho Felix Agbor Balla warned that the normalization of stolen elections has eroded public faith in democracy and the rule of law. “To steal an election is to steal a nation’s soul,” he asserted, calling on Cameroonians and the international community to view electoral malpractice not merely as a political offence but as a moral and legal atrocity against humanity.
The statement, signed on October 15, 2025, underscores Agbor Balla’s continued advocacy for justice, accountability, and the restoration of democratic integrity in Cameroon, values he has championed for years as both a lawyer and a defender of human rights.
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