Maurice Kamto’s withdrawal of his 2025 election petition shocks supporters…
Just days before the Constitutional Council is scheduled to begin reviewing electoral petitions on Monday, August 4, 2025, Cameroonians were met with an unexpected twist: Maurice Kamto has quietly withdrawn his legal challenge against the presidential process.
Yes, you read that right. The very man who for weeks stirred his followers with claims of electoral irregularities — who in 2018 falsely declared himself winner without evidence — has now stepped back from his own petition before it was even examined.
A formal letter dated July 28, 2025, signed by his lawyer Me Hippolyte B.T. Meli, confirms the withdrawal of the petition registered under file No. 69. The Constitutional Council has been formally notified. Kamto has effectively bowed out of a legal battle he once deemed essential to restoring “truth” and “democracy” in Cameroon.
What happened to “the people’s victory”?
For years, Kamto and his party, the MRC, have based their political narrative on alleged electoral fraud. They claimed to have won the 2018 presidential elections, a claim never substantiated in any court of law or accepted by any international observer. And yet — here we are again in 2025, with another no-show when the moment for truth arrives.
This withdrawal is more than a procedural update. It is an admission of political hollowness. It is a betrayal of thousands of young Cameroonians who believed in his rhetoric of change. It is proof that Kamto cannot be trusted — not with the truth, not with his word, and certainly not with power.
Political Theater or Tactical Cowardice?
Kamto’s entire 2025 campaign was a replay of 2018, filled with staged outrage, grandstanding, and vague promises of an “alternative.” But when it came time to face institutions with evidence, he folded — again.
Is this what leadership looks like?
Is this the man who wants to lead Cameroon through complex economic, diplomatic, and security challenges?
He has no clear economic program.
No foreign policy.
No plan for national reconciliation or resolution of the Anglophone crisis.
And now, no legal argument to defend his claims.
All that remains is a carefully curated personality cult, propped up by social media influencers and foreign sympathizers.
A Message to the People
To every Cameroonian — especially the youth — this moment is a wake-up call.
We must no longer be manipulated by noise without substance. The future of our nation is too important to entrust to men who speak loudly but retreat silently.
Let the record show: Maurice Kamto had his chance to prove his case. He chose to walk away.
That is not leadership.
That is not courage.
That is political cowardice dressed up as strategy.
