General News of Saturday, 14 January 2017Source: cameroon-info.netAnglophone crisis: lawyers set committee to draft Federal constitutionCommon Law Lawyers In Conclave in KumbaDuring the GA heavily attended by all Common law Lawyers Associations, the Lawyers decided to dissolve the Common Law Lawyers Council and created the Common Law Bar Association with steering Committee members put in place to pilot the activities of the Association. 4- That we remain resolute on the attainment of all the objectives contained in our previous Resolutions and Declarations. 7- We call on ALL Common Law Magistrates to examine their consciences and join this struggle instead of sitting and determining Suits in the absence of Lawyers and in process occasioning gross injustice to Litigants by violating their rights to fair trial. 8- We applaud the support of the Common Law Lawyers and the Constituent Assemblies for the Monday 9th January 2017 “Ghost Town” called by the Cameroon Anglophone Civil Society Consortium and encourage all to continue to lend their support to the coordinated actions of the said Consortium. And the Strike ContinuesDone at Kumba, this 13th day of January 2017.

Source: CameroonWeb January 14, 2017 17:48 UTC