Cameroon parliament votes to extend lawmakers' stay
The parliament will now sit until December 2026.
Cameroonian lawmakers yet again voted on Thursday to extend their mandate, according to official media.
Originally set to be dissolved on March 10, 2025, the central African country's current parliament will now sit until December 20, 2026, according to the Cameroon Tribune.
Lawmakers, elected in the January 2020 ballot for what was meant to be a five-year-long mandate, had already voted to prolong their stay on the parliament benches for a one-year period.
The parliament had on Tuesday elected Theodore Datouo of the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) as its new speaker, state broadcaster CRTV reported, ending the 34-year tenure of outgoing speaker Cavaye Yeguie Djibril, 86.
It's not immediately clear whether the new speaker will wait until December to start his role.