Officials and staff of the Supreme Court, especially the Audit Bench, on Monday, December 22, 2014, gathered at the Yaounde Mont Febe Hotel to appreciate and bid farewell to Jean Michel Wrobel, the European Union, EU, Technical Assistant. Wrobel is going on retirement after a tenure that lasted just over seven years.

Among those attending the farewell party were the outgoing Attorney General, Rissouck Martin and his replacement, Luc Ndjodo; the President of the Audit Bench of the Supreme Court, Marc Ateba Ombala, and the outgoing President of the Administrative Bench of the Supreme Court, Clement Atangana.

Talking about his achievements in the past few years, the European Union Technical Assistant said financial aspects of the Audit Bench of the Supreme Court today receive greater attention.

These include audit of public accounts, the management of public institutions and para-statals, and assistance to Parliament and the Executive (including activity reports, certification of the General Account of the State and giving its opinion on the Settlement Bill).

He said the Audit Bench has in the last seven years made its imprints in financial matters. “It is today acknowledged and appreciated by the Ministry of Finance, the National Assembly and Senate. Since 2009, it has been organising working sessions with the Finance and Budget Committee of the National Assembly; and has been doing same with the Finance and Budget Committee of the Senate since 2013,” he explained.

Jean Michel Wrobel, Technical Assistant for the EU Support Programme for the Reform of Public Finance, was attached to the Audit Bench of the Supreme Court. He was previously EU Technical Assistant for the Support Programme for the Improvement of Governance and Transparency in Public Finance in the Audit Bench of the Supreme Court. He is returning home to France after taking his retirement, but did not rule out the possibility of returning to Cameroon in future on shorter EU consultancy assignments.