According to Cabral Libii, the president of the Cameroon Party for National Reconciliation (PCRN), who is also a lawyer, neither the 1990 law on maintaining order, nor the 2008 decree establishing the responsibilities of heads of administrative districts give the prefect the power to temporarily ban a citizen from staying in a department of Cameroon.
It has been in the air since Tuesday, July 16, 2024. A document that is being debated on social networks, signed by Emmanuel Marcel Djikdent, the prefect of Mfoundi, banned from staying in this department “ any person calling for an uprising against the Republic or who has been guilty of insulting it or those who embody it “.
” Any person who calls for an uprising against the Institutions of the Republic, dangerously insults the Institutions or the person who embodies them (by any means of communication followed in the Department of Mfoundi), undertakes maneuvers that could lead to serious disturbances to public order, may be subject to a ban on staying in the Department of Mfoundi for a specified period. “, we can read in the document.
“This power does not exist even in a state of emergency”
According to Cabral Libii, this is a serious deviation in a democratic state. Assuming that the document bearing the signature of the prefect of Mfoundi is not a fake, it seems to me absolutely necessary to denounce this striking and unacceptable authoritarian drift. “, underlines the national president of the Cameroonian Party for National Reconciliation (PCRN).
For him, neither the 1990 law on maintaining order, nor the 2008 decree establishing the responsibilities of heads of administrative districts give the prefect the power to temporarily prohibit a citizen from staying in a department of Cameroon. This power does not exist even in a state of emergency. “, adds the politician who also speaks in the wake of a violation of our fundamental law.
Prefects do not withdraw residence permits from nationals in Cameroon
” This is therefore a serious attack on the constitution of Cameroon which, from the preamble, enshrines for every citizen the freedom to come and go and the right to enjoy a normal family life. »
“ This is also a serious violation of all of Cameroon’s international commitments enshrining freedom of expression and opinion. Furthermore, the offence of insulting certain public authorities already appears in the penal code. We ask the prefect of Mfoundi, assuming that this is not a fake, to report this act which reflects a historic democratic regression. The prefects do not withdraw residence permits from nationals in Cameroon ” concludes Cabral Libii.
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