By Kini Nsom
The former General Manager of the Cameroon Radio and Television, CRTV, Prof. Gervais Mendo Ze, may soon be closed up in the dragnet of the police.
This follows claims from the Higher State Control that he embezzled huge sums of State funds. After examining his financial records during his tenure as CRTV boss, the Budget, Discipline and Finance Committee of the Higher State Control linked Mendo Ze with the embezzlement of close to FCFA 2.7 billion.
The committee, chaired by the Minister Delegate at the Presidency in charge of Higher State Control, David Siegfried Etame Massoma, said Mendo owes the State Treasury and fined him FCFA 2 billion.
The statement was a logical conclusion to the investigations of the committee that began studying the former General Manager's file last month. While studying the file, the committee discovered that Mendo Ze used huge sums of money on matters that had nothing to do with the mission of CRTV.
The report indicates that Mendo Ze had virtually transformed himself to a philanthropist. He portrayed misdirected charity by sharing several FCFA millions to Ministers, Parliamentarians, politicians and friends.
It is rumoured that Mendo Ze may want to put back the money in the State treasury in order to be free. But experts say he has already committed embezzled, thereby contravening the penal code. They say he will be prosecuted irrespective of whether he pays back the money or not.
Mendo Ze should be prosecute like other top Cameroonian officials who are currently gnashing their teeth behind bars for alleged misappropriation of public/state funds Why Mendo Ze, after these serious allegations and investigations, continue to be a free man,Cameroonians have more reason to doubt the rigorousness of the so called "operation epervier".
Is Mendo above the law or how is he different from the others; some of whom have been incarcerated for long while the authorities are still looking for evidence to incriminate them.
How sad that in Mendo's case we come to hear about how he spent the money on philanthropic ventures, and not of embezzlement or misappropriation as is given to believe in the case of the others.
Who ever is fooling who, we are spectators of the drama and we see all the corners of the stage.
Samba
Posted by: Samba | Monday, 09 February 2009 at 12:17 PM
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Posted by: Michaux | Monday, 09 February 2009 at 06:41 PM