Cameroon President Paul Biya missing for 59 days
In what looks like a justification for Biya’s prolonged stay in Geneva, the Minister Delegate to the Ministry of Justice, Jean De Dieu Momo, has said that the time frame to determine Biya’s absence from leadership is 10 years.
He also added that it could take up to 20 years for a court to reach such a decision.
Biya has spent 57 days in Geneva. No one has seen or heard from him, apart from decrees being signed in his name.
According to Minister Momo, there is a difference between absence and disappearance.
In the case of absence, which could take up to 20 years, it must be determined that Biya has not given any orders or been seen performing any official acts.
However, despite his justification that Biya cannot be considered absent because he is working from Geneva, Minister Momo has failed to provide proof.
The minister is unable to say when he last received instructions from Biya to justify that he is working.
However, he argued that if Biya had just disappeared, the court could then establish the circumstances.
This, he added, occurs in a situation where the president is likely in danger and stops communicating; in which case, he can be declared as having disappeared after a few days.
So, in Cameroon, the constitution establishes a vacancy in the presidency in situations where the president dies, resigns, or is permanently incapacitated.
He is the latest member of government to comment on Biya’s prolonged stay in Europe.
Others before him said Biya’s stay could last up to 80 days.
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Cameroon President Paul Biya missing for 59 days
