Cameroon to the Polls

(22 July 07 - RV ) Cameroon’s parliamentary elections today are expected to bolster veteran President Paul Biya's 25-year grip on power in the central African country. Biya is one of Africa's longest-serving leaders and his ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) party dominates the political scene, holding 148 of 180 seats in parliament. Chie Ireneus Chagwain is from the Catholic newspaper in Cameroon “L’effort Camerounais.”