Le Cameroun a ratifié des conventions internationales ne permettant pas à un tribunal militaire de
juger des civils. Ce procès - auquel le SDF a pris part à travers la présence constante des avocats du parti commis pour la défense des prévenus incarcérés dans le cadre de la crise anglophone - a été de bout en bout un simulacre. Ce procès a une fois de plus exposé à la face de l'opinion nationale et internationale la discrimination dont nos compatriotes anglophones font l'objet depuis des décennies dans notre pays. Toutes les explications du monde ne sauraient justifier qu'un procès dont la pierre angulaire est le problème anglophone, puisse se dérouler avec un collège de juges dont aucun ne parle l'anglais. Meme la prestation des traducteurs requis pour palier à ce grave manquement dans un pays pourtant bilingue était très loin en-deçà des attentes au point où le changement s'opérait à chaque audience.Le SDF est formel sur ce que ce procès etait un simulacre de justice. Le SDF réitère qu'il ne soutient pas la sécession qui est par ailleurs à proscrire tout en précisant que ce n'est pour autant pas que cette position puisse justifier que les prévenus n'aient pas eu droit à un procès convenable selon les directives prescrites et édictées dans les conventions internationales dont le Cameroun est signataire.
Ce procès est une grosse farce qui est de nature à ne pas ramener dans les plus brefs délais la paix dans les deux régions anglophones qui enregistre déjà un bilan catastrophique. Les mouvements sécessionnistes sont le plus souvent des hydres de mer. On ne les combat pas efficacement en bâillonnant ou en décapitant ses leaders. Cette condamnation est une faute politique de Yaoundé dans le contexte actuel de crise qui nécessite un dialogue politique national inclusif dans les plus brefs délais. Avec cette condamnation, Yaoundé semble avoir résolument choisi la voie de l'extrémisme qui porte potentiellement en lui-même les germes de l'effet inverse recherché par l'immense majorité de camerounais à savoir le retour de la paix dans ces deux régions. La crise dans les deux régions anglophones est essentiellement politique. On ne résout pas une crise politique avec des agissements violents. Une crise politique nécessite des solutions politiques et non judiciaires ou militaires.
Hon. Joshua N. Osih
Premier vice-président national du SDF
Reaction on the conviction of Sisiku Ayuk Tabe and others.
Cameroon has ratified international conventions that do not allow a military court to try civilians. This trial - in which the SDF took part through the constant presence of party lawyers committed for the defense of defendants imprisoned in the context of the Anglophone crisis - was to say the least a total sham. This trial has once again exposed to the face of the national and international community, the discrimination that our English-speaking compatriots have been subjected to for decades in our country. All the explanations of the world can not justify that a trial whose cornerstone is the Anglophone problem, can take place with a panel of judges, none of whom speaks English. Even the provision of translators required to overcome this serious flaw in a country that is supposed to be bilingual was far below expectations to the point where they had to be constantly changed.
The SDF holds strongly that this trial constitutes a travesty of justice. The SDF reiterates that it does not support secession which we actually proscribe while also noting that this position cannot justify that the defendants have not been entitled to a proper trial according to the prescribed procedure as enacted in international conventions to which Cameroon is a party.
This trial is a farce that is certainly not going to bring back peace in the two English-speaking regions which are already in a catastrophic state. Secessionist movements are most often like hydras. They are not effectively fought by gagging or beheading their leaders. This condemnation is a political fault by Yaoundé in the current context of the anglophone crisis which rather requires as soon as possible, an inclusive national political dialogue. With this condemnation, Yaounde seems to have resolutely chosen the path of extremism which potentially carries in itself the seeds of the opposite effect sought by the vast majority of Cameroonians who hope for a quick return of peace in these two regions. The crisis in the two English-speaking regions is essentially political. We do not solve a political crisis with violent acts. A political crisis requires political and non-judicial or military solutions.
Hon. Joshua N. Osih
First National Vice President of the SDF
Premier vice-président national du SDF
Reaction on the conviction of Sisiku Ayuk Tabe and others.
Cameroon has ratified international conventions that do not allow a military court to try civilians. This trial - in which the SDF took part through the constant presence of party lawyers committed for the defense of defendants imprisoned in the context of the Anglophone crisis - was to say the least a total sham. This trial has once again exposed to the face of the national and international community, the discrimination that our English-speaking compatriots have been subjected to for decades in our country. All the explanations of the world can not justify that a trial whose cornerstone is the Anglophone problem, can take place with a panel of judges, none of whom speaks English. Even the provision of translators required to overcome this serious flaw in a country that is supposed to be bilingual was far below expectations to the point where they had to be constantly changed.
The SDF holds strongly that this trial constitutes a travesty of justice. The SDF reiterates that it does not support secession which we actually proscribe while also noting that this position cannot justify that the defendants have not been entitled to a proper trial according to the prescribed procedure as enacted in international conventions to which Cameroon is a party.
This trial is a farce that is certainly not going to bring back peace in the two English-speaking regions which are already in a catastrophic state. Secessionist movements are most often like hydras. They are not effectively fought by gagging or beheading their leaders. This condemnation is a political fault by Yaoundé in the current context of the anglophone crisis which rather requires as soon as possible, an inclusive national political dialogue. With this condemnation, Yaounde seems to have resolutely chosen the path of extremism which potentially carries in itself the seeds of the opposite effect sought by the vast majority of Cameroonians who hope for a quick return of peace in these two regions. The crisis in the two English-speaking regions is essentially political. We do not solve a political crisis with violent acts. A political crisis requires political and non-judicial or military solutions.
Hon. Joshua N. Osih
First National Vice President of the SDF
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