By DOH JAMES SONKEY
Cameroon’s 2020 Judicial Year has reopened with the Supreme Court taking a commitment to pro-tect government’s payment and lending instruments following difficult moments faced by the coun-try’s economy.
Speaking at a solemn court hearing of the Supreme Court last February 20, 2020 at the Yaounde Mont Febe Hotel to mark the solemn reopening of the judicial year in Cameroon, the President of the Supreme Court, Chief Justice Daniel Mekobe Sone elaborated on the challenges of penal protec-tion of payment and lending instruments with respect to the business climate in Cameroon.
Attended by the Prime Minister, Head of Government, Chief Dr. Joseph Dion Ngute, members of government and heads of diplomatic missions accredited to Yaounde, this 6th edition of the reopen-ing of Cameroon’s judicial year featured presentations on two themes focused on the law of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community, CEMAC and Cameroon penal instruments to improve the country’s business climate.
Emphasising on the processing in a payment system, Chief Justice Daniel Mekobe Sone said the ceremony was also an occasion to underscore the penal protection of electronic payment techniques in Cameroon and the CEMAC zone signed in Yaounde last April 4, 2003.
On his part, the Attorney General of the Supreme Court, Luc Ndjodo while enlightening the assis-tance on the protection of liberties by judicial authorities in Cameroon, reiterated the legal notion of the habeas corpus which demonstrates that, even in detention, a human being still has rights.
The Procureur General also emphasised that no one is to be imprisoned without a fair trial.