Friday, February fourteenth, the UN says at least 22 people have been killed in a village in the Northwest region of Cameroon. Over half of those killed were children. No one has claimed responsibility for Friday’s incident but the opposition parties blame the killing on the government.
Cameroon 's Senate denies immunity for government ministers
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Cameroon’s senate has modified Article 127 of the
country’s controversial penal code bill by removing the heavily criticised
immunity granted to government ministers.
The re-examination is in conformity with the provisions
of Article 30 of Cameroon’s constitution.
Inside sources hint that the text has been modified
following orders from president Paul Biya casting doubts on the credibility of
Cameroon’s legislative arm quite often criticised as being a “rubber stamp”
parliament.
“The president has requested the amendment of Article 127
which grants immunity to members of government. Know that for someone to claim
immunity, he/she must be backed by a text. As of now government ministers do
not have any text which gives them immunity. For instance, the president of the
Republic has immunity conferred by the constitution, the parliamentarians have
immunity conferred by law. But the members of government have no law which
gives them immunity,” Hon. Martin Oyono, Member of Parliament of the ruling
Cameroon’s People’s Democratic Movement told news site cameroon-info.net.
The previous penal code bill had stated that magistrates
and officers of the judicial police who violate laws on immunities to arrest,
prosecute or judge a member of government, could face prison terms ranging from
one to five years.
The text has now been modified with the specific
reference to members of government removed.
The Constitutional Law Committee of the National Assembly
met on Wednesday to discuss the changes brought to the penal code draft law by
the senate.
With the ongoing parliamentary session to end on July 1,
the penal code bill is expected to be re-examined for adoption by the National
Assembly before being signed into law by the president.
By press time this June 30, 2016, MP’s of the leading
opposition party, the Social Democratic Front were targeting the content of the
controversial penal code bill during a plenary sitting, citing non-respect of
procedure.
Critics of the penal code bill are still discontented
with the possibility of tenants sent to jail for owing two months rents, the
maintenance of the death penalty among others.
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