It is by a correspondence dated July 19, 2024 that the Cameroonian bar took a position following the publication of the prefectural decree in question: "The Council of the Order plans to give the Bâtonnier of the Mandate Order to undertake on his behalf, all the actions he deems useful for the safeguard of the republican values of unity and integration and restore to the Cameroonian people the opportunity to live in a peaceful country". One more intervention, which specifies the indigestible nature of this decision of the prefect which threatens freedom of expression as a whole.
Now in the past, one of his decisions has raised so much criticism. Emmanuel Mariel Djikdent has been, however, for several days, seriously criticized by the Cameroonian national press for his decree of July 15, 2024 threatening to prohibit any person, as soon as " we attack the institutions or which is called upon uprising ".
Journalist in exile in the United States, director of publication and editorialist of the Cameroonian private daily day , Haman Mana , says he is amazed by this decree of the prefect of Mfoundi.
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Like him, many other journalists, mostly from the local private press, say they are worried about the future of press freedom in Cameroon, almost a year of the holding of the presidential elections in 2025.
The front page of the messenger , " presidential 2025: the provocative measure of the prefect of the Mfoundi " is in this revealing of the feeling of the Cameroonian journalistic community.
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However, it should be noted that the Cameroonian press is not alone in showing its indignation in the face of these maneuvers to kill freedom of expression. For Akere Muna , politician, lawyer and human rights activist, it is the constitution of the country which is thus trampled on without any respect for international agreements signed and ratified by Cameroon.
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So many criticisms that have not changed anything so far to the prefect's position. In the columns of the government daily newspaper indeed, he remained firm on his positions despite some nuances: “No one is unwelcome to Yaoundé. But we will never admit that in the name of freedom of expression we attack the institutions or which we call on uprising. ”
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