{"id":1866,"date":"2019-10-11T00:51:56","date_gmt":"2019-10-10T22:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/france-ohada-droit.com\/?p=1866"},"modified":"2020-02-05T15:27:37","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T14:27:37","slug":"maitre-bernard-muna-est-decede","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/france-ohada-droit.com\/index.php\/2019\/10\/11\/maitre-bernard-muna-est-decede\/","title":{"rendered":"Hommage au B\u00e2tonnier \u00a0Bernard Muna"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hommage au B\u00e2tonnier \u00a0Bernard Muna<\/span><\/h2>\n

Par Faustin Ekollo<\/p>\n

Le B\u00e2tonnier Bernard Muna n\u2019est plus.<\/p>\n

On retiendra que, de son vivant, il fut le plus grand B\u00e2tonnier de l\u2019histoire du Cameroun. Grand, il le fut par son immense popularit\u00e9 parmi les avocats camerounais. Le plus grand, il le fut dans la mani\u00e8re d\u2019aborder les circonstances historiques auxquelles il fut confront\u00e9 \u00e0 une p\u00e9riode d\u00e9licate de la construction de notre pays.<\/p>\n

Je ne connaissais pas personnellement Bernard, ou Ben comme l\u2019appelait affectueusement nombre d\u2019avocats camerounais de toutes g\u00e9n\u00e9rations. La premi\u00e8re fois que je l\u2019ai rencontr\u00e9, c\u2019\u00e9tait au cours d\u2019une r\u00e9union internationale du Barreau, \u00e0 Nice. Son fr\u00e8re Akere Muna<\/em><\/strong>, alors B\u00e2tonnier en exercice, \u00a0et une huitaine d\u2019autres avocats camerounais y participaient. Il occupait \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9poque les fonctions de vice-procureur aupr\u00e8s du TPI<\/em><\/strong> pour le Rwanda<\/em><\/strong>. La seconde fois, je l\u2019ai rencontr\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019Institute of Advanced Legal Studies<\/em><\/strong>, un peu \u00e9tonn\u00e9 de le voir dans ce temple de la recherche. Il \u00e9tait en compagnie d’une l\u00e9gende de l\u2019enseignement et du droit au Cameroun, le Doyen Peter Ntamarck<\/em><\/strong>,\u00a0 enseignant dont j\u2019avais suivi les cours sans notes de Law of Contrat<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 avec jubilation, \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Yaound\u00e9 dans les ann\u00e9es 80.\u00a0 Devant mon \u00e9tonnement mal ma\u00eetris\u00e9, le B\u00e2tonnier avait \u00e9voqu\u00e9, \u00a0avec sa bonne humeur habituelle, des recherches pour\u00a0 le dossier de Bakassi<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Ce grand B\u00e2tonnier eut un r\u00f4le d\u00e9cisif et unique dans l\u2019acc\u00e9l\u00e9ration du retour au multipartisme dans notre pays. A l\u2019\u00e9tranger, bien des gens furent impressionn\u00e9s par sa prise de position publique affirmant avec force le droit de cr\u00e9er un parti, contrairement aux communiqu\u00e9s des ministres de la justice, de l\u2019administration territoriale et de la communication.\u00a0 La position du B\u00e2tonnier fut la premi\u00e8re expression publique ind\u00e9pendante sur le sujet depuis la p\u00e9riode d\u2019instauration du parti unique et de l\u2019onde de choc exceptionnelle qu\u2019avait provoqu\u00e9e \u00a0l\u2019arrestation d\u2019Andr\u00e9-Marie Mbida<\/em><\/strong> \u00a0de Charles Okala<\/em><\/strong> et du docteur Eyidi Bebey.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Ils s\u2019\u00e9taient simplement exprim\u00e9s sur la n\u00e9cessit\u00e9 de maintenir le multipartisme. Il faut rappeler que l\u2019avis du B\u00e2tonnier a pr\u00e9valu dans l\u2019opinion publique camerounaise.<\/p>\n

Toujours dans le cadre du retour au multipartisme, Ben Muna fit preuve d\u2019un courage personnel et d\u2019un savoir-faire dans l\u2019organisation de la d\u00e9fense du B\u00e2tonnier Yondo Black<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 qui forcent admiration et respect. \u00a0Tout le monde sait \u00e9galement, depuis quelques ann\u00e9es, \u00a0qu\u2019en d\u00e9pit des apparences, il fut l\u2019un des principaux cerveaux derri\u00e8re le surgissement du SDF au plus haut niveau dans la vie politique camerounaise.<\/p>\n

Le B\u00e2tonnier Bernard \u00a0Muna a \u00e9t\u00e9 l\u2019un des rares cadres anglophones cr\u00e9dibles \u00e0 calmer le jeu face \u00e0 de nombreuses r\u00e9actions extr\u00eames, mais l\u00e9gitimes, \u00a0apr\u00e8s la constitution de 1996 consid\u00e9r\u00e9e comme une constitution francophone. Auparavant, des anomalies grossi\u00e8res avaient irr\u00e9m\u00e9diablement entach\u00e9 le r\u00e9sultat de l\u2019\u00e9lection pr\u00e9sidentielle de 1992 ; une forte tendance conseillait avec force \u00e0 monsieur Fru Ndi, <\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Chairman du SDF,<\/em><\/strong> de lancer un mot d’ordre pour une insurrection. Le B\u00e2tonnier Muna avait r\u00e9ussi \u00e0 dissuader le Chairman d’emprunter cette voie, en raison des risques de guerre civile.<\/p>\n

Il faut d\u2019ailleurs dire un mot du testament politique de Ben Muna, \u00a0en rapport avec l\u2019actualit\u00e9 politique tendue et navrante au Cameroun. En pensant \u00e0 la tragique pratique des directions politiques \u00e0 vie \u00e0 la t\u00eate de l\u2019Etat, des autres institutions ou des parties politiques au Cameroun, on doit sp\u00e9cialement appr\u00e9cier la le\u00e7on politique et morale qu\u2019il donna \u00e0 tous en organisant de mani\u00e8re institutionnelle et cr\u00e9dible sa propre succession \u00e0 la direction de l\u2019Alliance des Forces Progressistes<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Ces faits et d’autres lui avaient de son vivant des \u00e9loges sinc\u00e8res de toutes parts, dans notre pays et, parfois, bien au-del\u00e0.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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