By Elise
Tcheutchoua Yonkeu & Daisy Fuh Ngwa (UB journalism students on internship)
in Yaounde
Former Equinoxe journalist, Thomas Awa Junior has dragged his former employer to court,
claiming the sum of 21.470.867 MFCFA (twenty one million four hundred and
seventy thousand eight hundred and sixty seven francs) for illegal dismissal.
The matter which is being heard by the Wouri high
court was for the sixth time adjourned to September 3.
Awa is accusing Equinoxe TV and radio for terminating
his duties without due compensation. Since the beginning of the court hearing,
the accused and its counsels have never answered present, pushing the court to
continuously adjourn the case despite authentic documents presented before the
court.
At the close of last week’s hearing, the plaintiff
described the court’s action as sheer manipulation. According to him, the judge
would have proceeded to punish Equinoxe for contempt of court. To Awa, the fact
that the accused had received the summons but refuses to turn up amounts to
contempt of court.
Awa claims that he has been sick without a job and his
children need to go to school in September.
He vowed that despite all the embarrassments, the case will not end
there. He disclosed that about 28 other persons have been dismissed from
Equinoxe in the same manner.
Awa got employed at Equinoxe in 2008 and in
2011; he had a malaise while he was on air. After months of hospitalization,
the director, Theophile Mbiamou asked him to steer clear from the radio.
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