Lawyers begin five-day strike after failed talks with gov’t

BY NDIMUH B. SHANCHO The President of the Cameroon Bar Association, Barrister TchakoutePatie, has maintained that the Bar Council resolution of August 31, 2019 announcing a five-day sit-in-strike strike from September 16 to 20, 2019 stands, despite frantic efforts by the Government to precipitate suspension. In a Communique addressed to members of the Bar Council, Sunday September 15, 2019, the Batonnier said the extraordinary bar council meeting summoned September 15, 2019, “ could not come out with any resolution for want for quorum; In consonance with article 11 [2] of our internal regulation there were no regulations”. He appreciated the…