Constitutional Council to Rule on SDF Petition Today
By Innocent Kum in Yaounde
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| Justice Clement Atangana |
The Constitutional Council will today pass its verdict on
the Social Democratic Front, SDF petition against the CPDM list in the West
Region.
When the
council meets today, it is expected to continue the examination of the SDF
petition against the CPDM West region senatorial list which was amongst some
six others filed at the newly created structure.
Meeting
for the first time Thursday since the structure went operational, the eleven
members headed by the council president, Justice Clement Atangana examined some
six partitions filed-in by candidates and political parties against some of the
lists published by last week by the election managing body, ELECAM ahead of the
March 25 Senatorial elections.
Amongst
those the various petitions heard during the session was that of the SDF
against the CPDM list in the west regions.
The SDF
is demanding the council to reject the CPDM list in the West region on grounds
that the ruling party fielded a fictitious candidate. SDF lawyers during the session on Thursday
argued that the said candidate doesn’t exist and went ahead to challenge the
CPDM to present the individual before the constitutional council.
After
deliberations in conformity with the law, which followed hours of heated
debates and examination, the Constitutional council ordered the appearance of
Teingnidetio Jean, the person whose individuality is being questioned on the
CPDM list in the West Region to appear before the tribunal on Monday. He thus
expected to appear today, Monday before the court at 12:00 pm for a
continuation of the hearings.
For four
others petitions filed at the constitutional council, the court observed that
four of the litigants did not respect the law as the complaints were brought
forth by persons who were neither candidate nor political party taking part in
the election or any person serving as a Government representative in the said
election. Before dismissing them, the Constitutional Council declared the
petitions non admissible because they did not respect Section 129 of the
Electoral Code.
During
Thursday’s session, the Constitutional Council President, Clement Atangana also
announced the withdrawal of the NUDP petition against the CPDM in the Adamawa
region.
With
regards to dismissal of petitions, It should be pointed out that the law states
that objections or petitions relating to the rejection or acceptance of
candidates, as well as those relating to the colour, initials or emblem adopted
by a candidate may be brought before the Constitutional Council by any
candidate or political party taking part in the election or any person serving
as a Government representative in the said election, within a maximum period of
2 (two) days following the publication of the list of candidates.
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