Cameroon: Judicial Year Opens Amisdt Deep Crisis In The Sector

The opening of the 2017 Judicial year was chaired by the president of the Supreme Court, Daniel Mekobe sone yesterday, 22. February 2017 in Yaounde.The theme was on jungle justice.

He regretted that Cameroonians are losing confidence in the law and prefer to carry out jungle justice instead of seeking redress in courts The president of the Supreme Court during the opening of the 2017 judicial year has denounced violence and strike actions in the anglophone regions of Cameroon, as well as the fact that children in the North West and South West regions are scared of going to school.

He observed that cases are poorly judged and lawyers don't take the interest of clients to heart.He warned that those taking the laws into their hands will be dealt with He lauded government efforts to solve the anglophone lawyers worries with the translation of the Ohada uniform acts to English and called on the head of state to take appropriate measures to end the crisis rocking the judiciary sector.

The judicial year opened with the noticeable absence of the 4th attorney general, justice Ayah Paul Abine who is currently under detntion in Yaounde.The supreme court president,Mekobe Sone evaded the issue in his address.The event comes admits social tensions in the anglophone regions, that has grounded courts in the area, leaving litigants in a state of confusion.