135- Disability in itself cannot be a reason for loss of job. That is why an employer has the
obligation to redeploy the employee with a disability that may hamper the discharge of the
current task, to an office compatible with his disability or readapt his office (section 15).
136- In addition to guaranteeing access to employment, guaranteeing career management, in
particular discipline, was readjusted to facilitate remedies at law. Regional Disciplinary
Councils were set up in 201476, and their decisions may be appealed against before
Administrative Courts established in the Regions in 201277. As an example, there is the
matter between Mengue Ekani Hélène Nathalie and State of Cameroon. By Judgment
No. 309/2018/TA-YDE of 18 September 2018, the Yaounde Administrative Court quashed
Order No. 30/A/MINJUSTICE/CAB/SEAP/DAPEN/SDPP of 20 February 2015 of the
Minister of State, Minister of Justice, Keeper of the Seals to delay the promotion of Mengue
Ekani Hélène Nathalie, Senior Warder. The Court held that the ground of irregular absence in
office used to justify the sanction was unfounded.
137- In the Matter between Bayiha Nlend Moussa and the State of Cameroon, the
Administrative Bench of the Supreme Court, by Judgment No. 91/2013/CS/CA of 7 August
2013, reintegrated the Warder, Bayiha Nlend Moussa into the corps of civil servants of
Penitentiary Administration following his dismissal.
138- In the Matter between Ngando Julbert and State of Cameroon, the Administrative
Court of Yaounde, by Judgment No. 4/2015/TA-YDE of 13 January 2015, cancelled Order
No. 401/A/MJ/CAB/SEAP/DAG/DAPEN/SDSP/SDPAP/SG2 of 7 December 2008 of the
Vice-Prime Minister, Minister of Justice, Keeper of the Seals to regularise his administrative
situation, place him on retirement and grant him retirement pension.
§2: The Participation Drive in the Management of Public Affairs through
Elections
139- The elections of Senators were organised in 2013 and 2018. In 2018, the election of the
President of the Republic was organised. Due to an overlapping in the electoral calendar, the
term of office of Members of the National Assembly and Municipal Councillors that also
ended in 2018, was extended by one year78. During the elections which were organised by an
independent body Elections Cameroon (ELECAM), and the regularity of which was attested
by both institutional mechanisms and electoral observation, the number of voters increased
during the period 2013-2018. The elections further resulted in a slight change in the
configuration of the political spectrum that conserved its multiparty characteristics.
140- In a bid to enable ELECAM to better organise the different elections, there was a change
in its management in 2015, 2017 and 2018 while its operational capacities (human, material
and financial) were enhanced at the technically with the introduction of biometrics. The State
continued to provide support in terms of logistics and security, thereby enabling ELECAM to
adapt to the context of crisis in Far North, North West and South West Regions with the
delocalisation of some branch offices, delocalisation or reduction of some polling stations79.
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Thus, for example, at the 2nd Session of the Regional Council of the Public Service and Administrative Reform
for South Region held on 16 November 2017, disciplinary proceedings were initiated against 11,500 public
agents especially for abandonment of work station, irregular absence, serious violation of ethics. Since their start
of activities in 2016, Regional Disciplinary Councils have examined 141 matters.
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As per Decree No. 2012/119 of 15 March 2012. Judicial and Legal Officers were appointed thereto on 18 April
2012.
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Decree No. 2018/406 of 11 July 2018 to extend the term of office of Municipal Councillors and Law No.
2018/13 of 11 July 2018 to extend the term of office of Members of the National Assembly.
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The number of polling stations dropped from 2,100 in 2011 to 240 in 2018 in North West Region.
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