Daniel Mekobe Sone replaces Alexis Dipanda Mouelle as head of Supreme Court

The President of the Republic signed an important texts Thursday appointing Daniel Mekobe Sone at the Presidency of the Supreme Court.

Paul Biya, President of the High Council of the judiciary, presided at the Unity in Yaoundé unit, Thursday, December 18, 2014, an important session of the Higher Magistracy Council after that of 2012.

Several items were included in the agenda of this session which took place for nearly 5 hours in the presence of a dozen members of the Council. There were particularly four disciplinary file of magistrates, the integration into the judiciary former justices, laureates from École Supérieure of Administration of judicial de Yaoundé (ENAM), the inscriptions on the tables of progress of the judiciary, the promotion of the judges in grade, retirement and some appointments.

With regard to appointments, Alexis Dipanda Mouellé who is the first president of the supreme court for 25 years, has been retired and replaced by Daniel Mekobe Sone, previously Counselor at the supreme court.

The first outgoing president of the supreme court, Alexis Dipanda Mouellé, was also replaced in function as President of the judicial Chamber by Bisseck Dagobert.

President of the administrative Chamber has been entrusted to André Belombé, magistrate off hierarchy first group previously Advisor to the Supreme Court to replace Clement Atangana, who was also retired.

The new attorney general of the Supreme Court is Luc Ndjodo replacing Martin Rissouck à Moulong, called to assert his rights to retire.

17 advisors were appointed. The first advocate general is Georges Mbengue. The other 4 advocates general are Isaiah Isaïe Ngatcha, Jacques Fréderic Tchalé II, Alfred Souffosi, and Paul Ayah Abine (national president of the opposition party PAP).