Hon. Tomaino Ndam Njoya, National President of the Cameroon Democratic Union (UDC) and candidate in the presidential election of October 12, 2025, has forcefully rejected the results officially proclaimed this Monday by the Constitutional Council.
Speaking with gravity and emotion, the UDC leader denounced what she described as a “confiscation of the people’s choice” and declared that the figures released “do not reflect the sovereign will of the Cameroonian people.”
In a statement that combined indignation with moral conviction, Tomaino Ndam Njoya deplored the state of the country’s electoral system, which she said had been “weakened by irregularities, manipulations and repeated violations of the law.”
For her, the election was not the genuine democratic exercise that Cameroonians deserved, but rather the product of a system that “refuses transparency and betrays the principles of the Republic.”
Despite her deep disappointment, the UDC flagbearer was neither vengeful nor inflammatory.
Press Statement.She reaffirmed her party’s attachment to democratic values and to the sanctity of every citizen’s vote, insisting that the struggle of the UDC was not one of privilege or personal ambition, but of justice and national dignity.
“We demand nothing more than that every vote counts, that every citizen’s voice be respected, and that Cameroon regain its democratic honour,” she declared.
Addressing her compatriots directly, Ndam Njoya appealed for calm and civic responsibility. She warned against anger and destructive acts, reminding the public that violence would only deepen the country’s wounds. “Do not give in to destructive anger,” she urged. “Burning our cities is burning ourselves; it is burning our hopes. The victory of the people will come not through violence, but through perseverance, unity and discipline.” Her words, both measured and resolute, stood as a call for peace in a tense national atmosphere.
Beyond the rejection of the results, the UDC leader renewed her long-standing plea for institutional reform and national dialogue. She reiterated her proposal for what she called an “Assize Républicaine”, a sincere and inclusive national conference aimed at rebuilding the social contract and restoring confidence between the people and their leaders.
Press Statement.In her view, only a frank conversation among all political and social forces can reconcile the nation and lay the foundations of a more just and transparent republic. She also advocated a consensual electoral reform that would ensure that future elections no longer divide the country, but instead become moments of national cohesion and celebration.
For Ndam Njoya, the current political crisis is symptomatic of a deeper malaise, a loss of trust in institutions and the erosion of democratic faith. Yet she remains confident that the path forward lies not in confrontation but in courage, dialogue and truth.
She lamented the absence of the joyful national mood that should accompany such a pivotal democratic exercise, observing that instead of the colours of unity and victory, the streets were filled with silence and frustration.
Closing her declaration, the UDC leader returned to the language of faith and conscience that has long characterized her political discourse. “As long as lies prevail, we shall continue to speak the truth. As long as injustice persists, we shall mobilize for justice. As long as the people suffer, we shall stand by their side,” she said.
To her supporters, she offered words of encouragement and gratitude, insisting that the struggle for a democratic Cameroon does not end with a single election, but continues as a moral and civic duty.
“The Cameroon we believe in,” she affirmed, “does not belong to a clan. It belongs to all who believe in its future.” With that, Tomaino Ndam Njoya reaffirmed her place as one of the enduring moral voices of Cameroon’s political landscape, a woman appealing not to resentment but to conscience, not to division but to renewal, and not to despair but to hope.
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