Barrister Ngnie kamga’s calls for lawyers to resume work meets absolute rejection

The recent call of the president of the Cameroon Bar council Ngnie Kamga for the resumption of court activities in the North West and South West regions has hit the rocks as many lawyers say they cannot resume work when their demands have not yet been met by the government.

According to the Bar Council President this release has been issued after negotiations with lawyers in the Anglophone region and the government.

However, bulk of common law lawyers say, it is out of place for such a call to be respected. They say the President Ngnie kamga has no right to ask them to resume work.

“He is not the one who called for the strike action and he is not in the right place to call it off” says a young disappointed lawyer.

According to other lawyers, before making such a call, Barrister Ngnie kamga should first of all ensure that all their demands have been met by the government. They say when other strike leaders like Barrister Agbor Balla is in detention and may face the death sentence and others are on the run it is impossible to resume work.

“I think the Battonier should enumerate what he has done before making his call, for example, releasing our leaders, making sure that the common law bench is available at the Supreme Court and an Anglophone section of ENAM is created” says a grumbling lawyer.