I applaud Prof. Kale for taking this bold move. While I know him as a very brilliant, well spoken refined gentleman, I will simply hope that he and his team of Lawyers, extend their Legal Expertise to the other personalities like the former Prime Minister Inoni Ephraim, Minister Mebara, Ambasador Mendouga; all of whom have been linked to the "Infamous" Albatross Affaire.
My only fear is the "Legal Imbroglio" that exist in Cameroon where the Judiciary is as Independent as a Military recruit in training; Where the "Chief Justice" is appointed by the President without prior consultations even with his rubber stamp "National Assembly"; Where Common Law Principles and Procedures are relegated to the dustbin of Cameroon Politics; Where, only the French language is the official language of Judicial proceedings. Remember that with Common Law, it is the responsibility of the Legal Team (Lawyers) to gather and present "Convincing" evidence in moving a case forward or to sway a "Civil Jury", while the Judge,s role is limited to deciding which of the opposing litigants (parties) has made a more convincing presentation. In contrast, with the Francophone (French) Civil Procedure, Monsieur le Juge, Procureur de la Republique ou President du Tribunal are the guarantors of the outcome of cases regardless of the Defense Lawyer,s ability.
I ask myself how Professor Kale intends to proceed with this very interesting and complicated case in a country where the likes of Professor Titus Edzoa have been locked up (in a cell and not even in Kondengui) for almost fourteen years. If this is not Human Rights abuse of gargantuan proportions, what exactly is it? It is now rumoured that Prof. Kale,s client has been whisked off to the "Titus Edzoa" type of solitary confinement because he was becoming very vocal and Politically very dangerous from Kondengui.
My sincere hope is that Prof. Kale goes in to defend his client Marafa not as a SDF Lawyer but as an Academician and Professional Attorney with International clout and pedegree. Adding the SDF dimension may water down the importance of this case to a small "Intra-Party Squabble". In my humble opinion, this is serious and would enter into the anals of Cameroon history. A sitting President is bold enough to arrest his closest collaborators (Prime Minister, Secretary Generals at the Presidency, Ministers of State, Ministers, Ambassadors, Director Generals of Parastatals and other top Government officials and lock them up like common criminals). This is as my "Mbouda Ntongtu friends would say "Affaire NKAP, Affaire trop serieuse qui nous met dans une situation sauvagement insortirable" and Cameroonians from all and any cardinality are interested in knowing "La Suite du Feuilletons...ALBATROSS.
That said, Professor Ndiva Kofele Kale, GO 4 B4, WE TANAP 4 YA BACK 100%...KANG-KWEH.
Mishe Fon
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Louis, If Prof Kale is in this - then, those prosecutors have some work to do in prosecutorial administration, evidence managment, and justification justice: yes, it's going to be ENAM vs Raw Academics. Man lep e lep
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