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Macron Administration Receives Key Letter On One Major Preoccupation In Cameroon.

By Beltha Mokube – Sunday March 17, 2019.

Macron Administration Receives Key Letter On One Major Preoccupation In Cameroon.

Jean-Yves Le Drian, French Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs, Picture by Ludovic Marin, AFP 

The administration of Emmanuel Macron has received a letter from a key member of the French Parliament detailing a worry on a situation in the Central African country of Cameroon, National Telegraph has gathered.

In the letter posted by Kum Paul, a Cameroonian Journalist, Jean-Yves Le Drian, a French politician serving as Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs in the Macron Administration has in February received a letter from Jean-Pierre Door, member of the National Assembly of France and President of the France-Cameroon Friendship Group.

Jean-Pierre Door expressed deep concern over the situation of Prof Maurice Kamto. The MP asked Minister Jean-Yves to inform the National Assembly on the situation of Maurice Kamto.

Prof Maurice Kamto, Chair of Cameroon’s main opposition political party, Cameroon Renaissance Movement (CRM) has been officially charged on eight (8) counts including facing a death penalty, National Telegraph learned.

Recently, on Thursday March 7, 2019, a habeas corpus (a writ requiring a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court, especially to secure the person’s release unless lawful grounds are shown for their detention) filed by Kamto’s lawyers was rejected.

Prof Maurice Kamato, his closest party aides and allies, Christian Penda Ekoka, Albert Dzongang and, several other party activists were arrested at about 9:30 PM, Monday, January 28, 2019, at Albert Dzongang’s Residence situated at Mobile Guinness neighborhood, of Douala III Sub-division, Wouri Division in Cameroon’s Littoral Region before they were ferried to Yaoundé where they’re now standing trial.

Kamto competed in the Cameroon’s Presidential Elections and went on to declare he won. He later challenged the results at the country’s Constitutional Council where the Council’s ruling was considered by many Cameroonians as jaundiced.

Kamto believes the Electoral Commission imputed figures to favour the incumbent especially as elections were boycotted in the North West and South West Regions buried in an armed conflict.

Others have accused Biya 85, in power since 1982 for desperately holding to power. On Saturday, January 26, 2019, at the behest of Kamto, Cameroonians observed peaceful demonstrations in Douala, Yaoundé, Bafoussam and in other cities. A mammoth crowd attended the protest, denouncing what they term Electoral Holdup.

Abroad, many Cameroonians who were protesting invaded Cameroon Embassies in France, Belgium, Britain, and Germany causing material damages. In Cameroon, several protesters were reportedly shot by police, including Michele Ndoki, a famous female lawyer.

Kamto was then arrested and charged with Rebellion, Sedition, Insurrection, Inciting Violence, Disruption of Public Peace, Complicity, Association with wrongdoers and Hostility against the nation. Jean-Pierre Door has now expressed serious concerns and the French government is expected to take action.

On this same Kamto Issue, Eric Dupond-Moretti, a French criminal defense lawyer, famous for his record numbers of acquittals in France and elsewhere is in Yaounde, Cameroon’s capital, National Telegraph has been told.

Dupond-Moretti landed at the Yaounde Nsimalen International Airport, Thursday March 14, 2019 as he’s constituting a strong defense for Prof Maurice Kamto’s trial. He has also met with Cameroonian judges, demanding the release of Kamto.

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