ill-gotten gains: Paul Biya totally rejects the accusations
Affected by u not complaint about alleged ill-gotten gains in France, the Cameroonian president denies possessing assets abroad and refuses to account also in Cameroon.
A Heritage in France? What heritage? Cameroonian President Paul Biya feels absolutely not concerned by a complaint filed against him in Paris for "concealing embezzlement of public funds" by a Cameroonian association. Paul Biya "who has made the discipline and the moral behavior of its political base since its accession to the presidency, November 6, 1982, has no assets in France or elsewhere" said the civilian chief of staff, Martin Belinga Eboutou.
And he "did not respond" before the French courts, which opened a preliminary inquiry , Thursday, November 25 said the country's authorities.
The government spokesman, Issa Bakary Tchiroma, also reacted Thursday morning, saying: "The President of the Republic of Cameroon that is accountable to its people ... He did not respond to these accusations " France.
Fight against Corruption
The authorities explained that it was the media that the Cameroonian presidency had learned "the opening last week by the Paris prosecutor for a preliminary inquiry." The Association for Union active diaspora (UDA) has complaint filed November 2, she accused the president of Cameroon have been an important Heritage in France, financed by the diversion of public funds.
UDA is chaired by Celestine Djamen, also a member of the Social Democratic Front (SDF), the main opposition party in Cameroon. The association is also a member of the Board of Cameroonians in the Diaspora (CCD), originally collected from a similar complaint in February no further action by the Paris prosecutor.
Jean-Bosco Talla, journalist and secretary general of the Coalition for Transparency - Cameroonian association alliance to fight against corruption - has welcomed the opening of the preliminary investigation and hoped that "The truth triumph over the assets of Paul Biya."
electoral calculation?
Martin Belinga Eboutou said that Cameroon was awaiting the results of the investigation and reserved "the use of legal remedies against the perpetrators of this action" justice.
He also described the complainants "Cameroonians bad reputation" , people wanting "tarnishing the image of Cameroon" or wishing to apply for presidential election.
President Biya has yet to reveal his intentions for the presidential election to be held in October 2011, but it should stand for his own succession.
Other complaints were filed by various associations, local or international, against African leaders for alleged ill-gotten gains. Transparency International-France including damages against the Presidents Denis Sassou Nguesso of Congo, Teodoro Obiang Nguema of Equatorial Guinea and Omar Bongo of Gabon, who died in June 2009. ©
with Jeune Afrique AFP
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