喀麦隆总统保罗·比亚宣布竞选连任,尽管健康和反对声音存疑
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喀麦隆总统保罗·比亚宣布竞选连任,尽管健康和反对声音存疑

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自1982年执政以来的喀麦隆总统保罗·比亚宣布将参加即将于十月举行的总统选举,寻求另一个七年任期,尽管外界对他的健康状况和长期执政提出质疑和批评。

喀麦隆92岁的总统保罗·比亚宣布将参加定于十月举行的新一届七年总统选举。自1982年以来领导该国的比亚表示,他决定再次参选是响应来自喀麦隆各地区及侨民的呼吁。在一份声明中,他说:“还有很多工作要做,”并补充道,“最好的还在后头。”

比亚的宣布是在关于其健康状况的数月猜测之后做出的,这些猜测在他长时间未公开露面后加剧。喀麦隆政府驳斥了有关其健康状况的谣言,并以国家安全为由禁止媒体讨论此话题。

作为执政超过四十年的总统,比亚是世界上任职时间最长的非君主制领导人之一。他是自喀麦隆在20世纪60年代初独立以来第二位担任总统的人。尽管一些地方领导人鼓励他寻求连任,但也有多名盟友离开其政府,展开自己的总统竞选。

政治分析家柯林斯·莫卢亚·伊科梅指出,分裂成300多个政党的反对派不太可能击败比亚领导的喀麦隆人民民主运动,除非他们组建联盟。伊科梅表示:“他们(反对派)作为个别候选人没有胜算。如果他们组建过渡联盟,也许有机会。”

反对党组建联盟的努力遭遇政府阻挠。去年三月,内政部将此类计划定性为非法,人权观察称此举是对异见的更广泛镇压的一部分。比亚的执政期间受到包括国际特赦组织在内的人权组织批评,后者报告了诸如法外处决、任意逮捕以及基于性取向和性别认同的迫害等人权侵犯指控。

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