United People for Social Renovation (french: Peuple Uni pour la Rénovation Sociale, PURS) is a political party in

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History

The party was founded by Serge Espoir Matomba and others in 2010, but did not nominate a candidate for the 2011 presidential elections. It did contest the 2013 parliamentary elections. In the latter election, PURS won its first seat with Matomba winning the district

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IV. Serge Espoir Matomba served as the party's candidate for the 2018 presidential elections.Cameroun : qui est Serge Espoir Matomba, candidat déclaré à la présidentielle 2018?
Jeune Afrique, 13 June 2017 In 2021, Matomba condemned an ambush of

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troops by Anglophone separatists as "shameful attack on Cameroon's democracy".

Ideology

The party runs on a platform of anti-corruption and governmental reform, although these are common for Cameroonian parties opposed to

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's government. In addition, PURS is strongly committed to social issues, with the party's leaders organizing a hunger strike in 2013 to protest against the Biya government's decision to raise the prices of hydrocarbon fuels. In addition, PURS wants to improve conditions for businesses in the private sector, proposing to reduce the

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from 30% to 10% as well as exempting small

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from certain taxes. The party opposes the implementation of a

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, believing it would stifle Cameroonian companies; PURS wants to first encourage the growth of businesses so that more unemployed people can get jobs before implementing better salaries.

References

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