On Thursday, Cameroon officially marked two months without having its president, Paul Biya, present in the country.
The 93-year-old president is said to have left the nation on June 7 for what authorities characterized as a brief private vacation to Europe, but has yet to return, marking one of his longest absences in recent years.
This would typically not be a problem for the country, which has no legal reservations about the president leaving the country for months.
However, the challenge results from the fact that the Cameroonian president decided against selecting a vice president, leaving the country in what the opposition parties called ‘autopilot.’
A former ally of the president and current opposition leader, Issa Tchiroma Bakary, who finished second in the October presidential election, stated on Thursday that there is a general belief in Cameroon that "all is not well" with Biya, whose absence has infuriated the opposition.
