SECTION 140

(1) The President-elect shall assume office once he or she takes the oath within no less than15 (fifteen) days of the proclamation of the results by the Constitutional Council. (2) He shall take oath of office before the Cameroonian people in the presence of Members of Parliament, the Constitutional Council and the Supreme Court meeting in solemn session in the manner and words prescribed hereinunder: a. The President of the National Assembly shall administer the oath following a short address which he shall conclude in the following established form: “Mr. President of the Republic, Do you pledge yourself on your honour to faithfully perform the duties entrusted to you by the people, and do you solemnly swear before God and all men to devote all your efforts to preserving, protecting and defending the Constitution and the laws of the Republic of Cameroon, to watch over the commonwealth of the Nation, and to uphold and defend the unity, integrity and independence of the Cameroon Fatherland?” b. The President-elect, standing, raising his right hand and facing the Members of Parliament, the Constitutional Council and the Supreme Court shall pledge himself by answering: “I SO DO SWEAR.”