CPDM MAYOR DIES AFTER INVESTITURE LIST REJECTED.

Mayor Toulale is said to have suffered a malaise before giving up the ghost. It is not known if the situation is the consequence of his party’s investiture committee denying the list he presented for the elections.

The agronomist is said to have implanted himself on the political scene in his community, wielding a lot of influence. His admirers have since been fuming over his demise. The municipal authority’s collaborators described his demise as a great loss to the Manyo-Dale Council.

The development comes amid widespread tension across the Northern regions over the selection of candidates for the twin elections within the CPDM.

On November 21, two brothers, Maigari Robert and Maigari Bangawa, ended in a deadly clash at a restaurant in Ngaoundere following disagreement over the same investiture process.

The Maigari brothers failed to arrive a consensus over whose name should have been added on the CPDM council list. Fellow party supporters and investiture delegates assigned to the area could not reconcile the two brothers..

Misgivings over the selection of candidates within the CPDM for the February 9, 2020 elections have been reported in many localities across the country.

At the root of such arguments is a circular from the party’s leadership. That note asked for women and youth to be given more space to seek political office either at the council or parliamentary level.

That same CPDM circular also asked old guards to give space for new political faces to emerge. A host of mayors and parliamentarians most of who have served at least two mandates and more are known to have crashed out of the race owing to that criterion. Yet others are known to have maneuvered their way through to get reinvested.

Source: The Guardian post n°1781

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