The SNJC, while calling the Cameroonian journalists to employ more professionalism advised Mr. Owona to respect the 'private' nature and "strict privacy" of the mourning of the mother in law of the president, as recommended by the family of the deceased.
In a recent communique, the national Union of journalists in Cameroon (SNJC) expressed its indignation following an "open letter to the Cameroonian press", aired October 17, 2014, from the Deputy Secretary-General of the central Committee of the CPDM, Grégoire Owona.
In his 'plea for more respect toward death," and in response to what he calls "sarabande of scavengers from all sides who want to make an event private, the main concerned kept to live 'in the strictest intimacy', a source of invective or even useless confrontation", Mr. Owona invited "friends and enemies of the Cameroonian press" to stay "decent, worthy and serene for the accompaniment of this great lady".
SNJC, while bowing to the memory of the deceased and by sending its most sincere condolences to the family so sorely tried, noted with regret:
-That the media output of Grégoire Owona is both indecent and inappropriate;
-That the Cameroonian media cannot be accountable for the turpitudes of an incapable system, communication plan, to anticipate events;
-That the Deputy Secretary-General of the central Committee of the CPDM, while trying to give lessons of ethics to the press, placed himself in a licentious field that takes him away from the commiseration that he promotes yet facing death;
The SNJC, while calling the Cameroonian journalists to be more than professional:
-Condemns instrumentalization of media attempting to throw doubt and disorder in people's minds;
-Advised Mr. Owona to respect the 'private' nature and "strict privacy" of this mourning, as wanted by the family of the extinct;
-Calls the Deputy Secretary General of the central Committee of the CPDM not to desecrate the memory of Rosette Mboutchouang.
