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# SOLEMN HEARING OF OFFICIAL ENTRY INTO OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE SPECIAL CRIMINAL COURT
# SPECIAL COMMUNICATION
OF
Mr. LAURENT ESSO MINISTER OF STATE, MINISTER OF JUSTICE, KEEPER OF THE SEALS
YAOUNDE, 2 FEBRUARY 2018.
The President of the Special Criminal Court,
The Procureur General at the Special Criminal Court,
The Minister of Justice is grateful for your invitation to deliver a communication on the occasion of the solemn hearing marking the official entry into office of Mr. NDJERE Emmanuel, who was appointed President of the Special Criminal Court by Decree of the President of the Republic, His Excellency Paul BIYA on 7 June 2017, after opinion of the Higher Judicial Council.
The Procureur General of the Special Criminal Court has just given an overview of the activities of this Court. She mentioned some aspects of the tangible results obtained by this Court since it was set up on 15 October 2012.
They are absolutely laudatory.
President NDJERE Emmanuel,
Mr. YAP Abdou, the very first President of the Special Criminal Court whom you replace today has done an outstanding job.
He put in place all the structures of the Bench and rendered the first decisions of the Special Criminal Court, thus kick starting the activities of this prestigious Court.
He was promoted as First Advocate General of the Supreme Court. He leaves behind an organized and perfectly operational Court.
I would also like to congratulate Mrs. NGOUNOU Justine Aimée, Procureur General at the Special Criminal Court, for the competence, professionalism and abnegation she displayed in the fulfillment of her difficult and delicate mission.
Handling criminal proceedings is not easy, especially as concerns misappropriation of public funds.
The Procureur General, receive my encouragements.
I also commend the work of Judicial and Legal Officers, Court Registrars and of other personnel on the quality of their contribution that confers great respect to the Special Criminal Court.
To Judicial Police Officers of the Specialized Corps, I would like to say: we appreciate the relevance of your investigations that contribute to the credibility of criminal proceedings.
I congratulate you for that.
To all, I almost said...Only one word, go ahead (Un seul mot continuez!)
# Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen
President NDJERE Emmanuel solemnly takes his duties of President of the Special Criminal Court today.
President NDJERE Emmanuel is a Super Scale Judicial Officer, Second Group.
He was absorbed in the Corps of Judicial and Legal Officers in 1987, he successively carried out the duties of:
- Deputy State Counsel of the Court of First Instance and High Court of Monatele and of the Lekie;
- Deputy State Counsel of the Court of First Instance and High Court of Yaounde and of the Mfoundi;
- Head of the Criminal Proceedings Service at the Ministry of Justice.
Afterwards he left legal positions for the duties of:
- Research Officer at the Secretariat General of the Prime Minister's Office;