This member of the Bar assimilates the action of Mr. Claude Assira and Company to a "solicitation of customers" which, he argues, is prohibited by the law on the profession of lawyer.
On January 31, 2018, Mr. Claude Assira and other lawyers sought to meet in vain the 47 secessionist leaders whose announcement of repatriation to Cameroon had been made 3 days earlier by the Minister of Communication Issa Tchiroma Bakary. " We were advised to find out what the situation of these people was ... We went to the SED, we were opposed the obstacle of a prior authorization of the Government Commissioner, which was inaccessible. I reiterated the approach with him that is in progress, "said then Claude Assira. The initiative of his men in dress is badly seen by Emmanuel Pensy, a lawyer established in Douala.
Guest of the program Droit de Réponse (Equinoxe télévision) on February 4, 2018, he explained that the police custody in the matter of terrorism is 15 days, there can be no communication with the prisoners . "The government commissioner does not communicate and lawyers are bound to secrecy ," he added, clearly denouncing the attitude of his colleagues. "In this case, there are things that people do not know about the rules of the legal profession. I saw what happened and it surprised me. The newspapers said: "We have refused that secessionist lawyers see their clients". After Me Assira said, "We went there to see them to tell them we have to defend them. It means that it is the solicitation of customers. It is prohibited by the regulation of the profession of lawyer that was approved by the Ministry of Justice in 2002, " he said, arguing that the code of ethics of his profession prohibits this type of approach.
"It is also prohibited by the law on the profession of lawyer of December 19, 1990. (...) The families of these people can go and ask them to go and defend them. They can not go on their own. That is why they were objected to by asking them to go see the government commissioner who is the prosecutor of the Republic at the level of the military court to perform minimum formalities even for a professional " .