Monday, 15 June 2015

Worrying statistics in judiciary

Evidence of conspiracy to erode common law
Against the backdrop of the recent events which show a trend towards the erosion of the much cherished system of Common Law in Anglophone Cameroon, questions come to mind whether the policy is deliberate or unintentional.
    The statistics quoted below show disturbingly, that the attempts to erode the Common law, at least, from the aspect of the judicial personnel trained to implement same, is focused on depriving the Anglophone part of the country of trained judicial personnel who have mastered the technical aspects of the Common law.
    In the Cameroonian context, in the absence of judges and magistrates trained in the State Universities of Cameroon in the option of 'English Private Law' who else can replace this crop of trained experts other than jurists trained in the Civil law & 'Napoleonic Code'?
    Why would the state even want to substitute common law trained jurists with civil law trained jurists? It is my contention that the statistics below support a conspiracy. After reviewing these statistics, do you think same? If you do then take steps to cause these statistics to be brought to the attention of prominent Anglophone leaders for their consideration.


STATISTICAL PROOF OF CONSPIRACY!

 Southwest Region: 

148 Magistrates - 58 francophones (39.2 %)
89 Magistrates in legal department - 54 Francophones (60.7%)
50 Magistrates working in Buea (Bench & Legal Department) - 20 francophones (40%)  28 Magistrates in the legal departments in Buea - 20 francophones (71.4%) 30 new bailiffs appointed in 2014 - 28 francophones (93.2%)

Northwest region:      
28 Magistrates in the region - 67 francophones (52.3 %)  
97 Magistrates of the Legal Departments - 64 francophones (65.9%)
45 Magistrates working in the Bamenda -   22 francophones (48.9%)
27 Magistrates in the Legal departments -   21 francophones (77.8 %)
21 new bailiffs appointed 2014 - all of them are francophones (100%)

The situation in Douala and Yaounde:       
119 Magistrates in the Courts of Douala - 2 Anglophones (1.7%)
107 Magistrates in the Courts of Yaounde - 2 Anglophones (1.9 %)   

 QUESTIONS that beg for answers:-      

(1)    Why are many more francophones sent to key Anglophone jurisdictions and only an insignificant number of Anglophones sent to the francophone key jurisdictions?
    
(2)     If at all there is blending of both systems, why are Anglophone magistrates only good for hinterland areas like Tcholire, Ambam, Poli, Ntui, Kousseri, Yokadouma, Batouri,Tignere etc; and not considered good for Yaounde and Douala? 

(3)     Why is it that almost all the newly appointed bailiffs in Anglophone Cameroon are civil law trained jurists? Will the envisaged appointment of Notaries public in Anglophone regions depart from this trend?

N.B: You can fool some people some of the times, but you cannot fool all the people all times

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