National Assembly : General Code of Regional And Local Authorities Under Scrutiny

The Ngoa-Ekelle National Assembly premises was exceptionally full and busy on Friday, December 13, 2019 as Members of the National Assembly who just finished the November 2019 ordinary session two days back,  all converged to get the bill government was proposing. Members of government led by the Prime Minister, Head of Government, Chief Joseph Dion Ngute as well as other national and international dignitaries among whom was the President of the Constitutional Council, Clément Atangana were also anxiously present.
Then came the news from the Speaker of the National Assembly, Hon. Cavaye Yeguie Djibril in his opening statement. He started by recalling the provisions of Article 16 (3) of the Constitution, “The National Assembly shall meet in extraordinary session for not more than 15 (fifteen) days on a specific agenda and at the request of the President of the Republic or of one-third of its members.” This heightened the curiosity and the news came, when he said the present extraordinary session concerns the “General Code of Regional and Local Authorities.”  
Hon. Cavaye Yeguie Djibril stressed the importance of the decentralisation process, the focus of the bill submitted for the scrutiny of the Members of the National Assembly. He called on the MPs to examine the bill with all seriousness and responsibility as it represents a turning point in the life of the nation. The MPs, he said, have to leave imprints for posterity that will forever remember that Members of Parliament of the ninth legislative period gave the last kicker for the acceleration of the decentralisatio...