Opposition (28) The National Assembly (French: Assemblée Nationale) is the lower house of the Parliament of Cameroon.

[4] Although multiparty elections have been held since 1992, the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (RDPC), the ruling party since independence, has always retained control of the National Assembly.

As a result, for most of Cameroon's history since independence, the National Assembly has done little more than approve the President's policies.

On 10 April 2008, the National Assembly overwhelmingly voted a bill to change the Constitution of Cameroon to provide the President of the Republic with immunity from prosecution for official acts and to allow him to run for an unlimited number of seven-year terms (it was previously limited to two terms) along with a number of other changes.

[citation needed] Opposition lawmakers and at least one deputy from the ruling RDPC, Paul Abine Ayah, criticised the bill as a setback for democracy and the country in general.