2027 Twin Elections: Minister Fuh Calistus Gentry unveils 12 Commandments For CPDM Aspirants

 As the ruling Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement, CPDM, gears up for the crucial 2027 twin Municipal and Legislative elections, the party has unveiled a stringent checklist for aspirants. What many militants now call the "12 Commandments."

The blueprint was presented by Prof. Fuh Calistus Gentry, Minister Delegate at the Ministry of Mines and Technological Development, during a strategic seminar on August 21 2026 in Bamenda dedicated to profiling ideal candidates for Councilors, Mayors and Members of Parliament. According to Minister Fuh Gentry, who is also a senior CPDM elite and political strategist for the North West, the party will no longer tolerate parachuted or accidental candidates. To wear the CPDM colours in 2027, aspirants must be “genuine, resolutely committed grassroots militants with a mastery of community development challenges. He stressed

Minister Fuh Calistus Gentry addressing the press after Presentation


The 12 Commandments includes:

Grassroots Acceptability: No candidate will be imposed from above. A municipal councilor must be accepted in his quarter or village; a mayoral candidate must have the blessing of councilors, traditional rulers, economic operators, NGOs and the local administration to mobilize campaign funds; while a parliamentary candidate must command acceptance across the entire constituency.

Integrity and Credibility: The CPDM wants men and women free from controversy. Aspirants must be trusted, reliable, and able to keep commitments with local communities, with a past record of transparency.

Vision and Loyalty to the Party: Candidates must transfer aspirations from the base to the council and vice versa. For mayoral candidates, loyalty means honoring collective engagements and collaborating directly with the Regional Council. For parliamentary hopefuls, the party demands a vision anchored at national and international levels, capable of fitting into parliamentary commissions and negotiating with ministers.

Available, Accessible and Approachable: The era of elusive politicians is over. The Professor insisted that candidates must be reachable to cell organs and quarter heads for councilors; to party organs and traditional authorities for mayors; and for MPs, to the people through virtual and physical constituency offices, even during prolonged stays outside the constituency.

Accountability: Each candidate must be accountable to his base – to village organs for councilors, to the people, Regional Council and Ministry of Decentralization for mayors, and to the entire constituency and the nation for MPs.

Financial Independence: The party wants candidates who can sustain themselves and support the party. Financial independence is crucial for effective campaign planning and management, and for parliamentary candidates, for understanding national budgeting and financial policies.

Listening, Analyzing and Innovating: A good candidate must listen to cell units and subsections and convince others about party policies, listen to councilors to give each village what it wants, and project constituency aspirations at the national level.

Good Communication Skills: Beyond listening, candidates must explain council development plans to quarters, communicate council vision to supervisory authorities, and rally the masses behind development needs.

Crisis Manager, Not Problem Maker: In a region plagued by conflicts, Prof. Fuh Gentry stressed that the CPDM needs mediators who restore harmony with balanced decisions, lead efforts to manage municipal conflicts with sound judgement, and promote dialogue across all social fabrics of the constituency.

Resilience to Adversity: Candidates must remain committed even when community development takes time, sustain effort through long administrative processes, and demonstrate endurance in lengthy legislative procedures.

Assuring Eligibility: Aspirants must conduct personal scrutiny before submitting to party scrutiny and ELECAM. They must satisfy all party and administrative requirements for candidature.

Conviction and Preparedness: The final commandment is humility and selfless service. According to the document, candidates must be "Ready to serve beyond personal interest with humility."

Political observers see this 12-point code as a direct message to money-bag politicians and Yaounde-based elites who only return to the village during election season. By emphasizing grassroots acceptability, financial independence for self-sustainability and permanent accessibility, the CPDM appears to be seeking to reconnect with its base ahead of what promises to be a highly competitive twin election.

By Liboh Etienne Nfor 

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