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ME YERIM THIAM, UN TRIBUN HORS PAIR VIENT DE RACCROCHER POUR TOUJOURS SA BELLE ROBE [Par Me Sidiki Kaba]
I was devastated by the terrible news of the passing of Mr. Yerim Thiam, a talented lawyer and former president of the Senegal Bar Association.
His name evokes the imperishable memory of his father, Me Doudou Thiam, an immense jurist, a great statesman who was the first to hold the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs at the dawn of our independence.
He also chaired the UN International Law Commission for 26 years. And he was president of the Senegalese Bar Association.
I express my infinite gratitude to this multidimensional man who taught me the demanding and exhilarating profession of lawyer in his famous firm on Wagane Diouf Street.
Others, armed with solid knowledge and know-how, had preceded me there, in particular Me Alioune Badara Séne, Ely Ousmane Sarr, both of whom became bar presidents, but also Bacre Waly Ndiaye, eminent defender of human rights, Mbaye Dieng and so many others who were rigorously trained at the Doudou Thiam school.
Mr. Yerim Thiam, who belongs to this school, has also become president of the bar association.
But he was not just his father's son.
His reputation was well-deserved.
Like Sisyphus in Albert Camus's work, he was always at work with his Rock.
He forged his own path. He made his own name.
With selflessness, perseverance and tenacity.
He has become a formidable debater, wielding the language of Molière with remarkable ease and a perfect mastery of legal science, which he wraps in an irrefutable argument.
The art of oratory reigns in all its splendor during these succulent pleas which are eagerly awaited by his countless clients but also by his colleagues eager to learn from this brilliant mind who commanded the admiration of the entire court because he was so talented.
The brilliant lawyer also possessed a strong personality.
He was whole, radically free, and truly independent in spirit.
Nothing could stop him in his quest for justice and his determination to defend noble causes.
Without batting an eye, he cheerfully and gaily put on his robe to put his stentorian voice at their service.
Allergic to injustice, he vigorously and rigorously defended all those who were victims of it.
He has always stood up to defend the independence of the judiciary against all powers, executive, legislative, institutional and non-institutional, and especially against the power of dirty money which corrupts and destroys the fundamental right of litigants to have a fair and equitable justice.
Proud to be a lawyer, he defended without compromise, during his term as Bar Association, the independence of the profession which he considers to be the most beautiful profession in the world because it grants the lawyer the privilege of defending all men and women, from all social categories, when they have a run-in, in a situation of distress, with the judicial system.
Yerim Thiam did his part.
And in the most beautiful way!
With honor!
With dignity!
With integrity!
With courage!
You have our respect, our admiration, and our affection.
To his widow, his children and his grieving family we offer our most sincere and heartfelt condolences.
He is leaving today for Gossas where his illustrious father, Doudou Thiam, and several predecessors of his family are buried.
Such is the Will of God, the Absolute Master of Destinies.
Former Prime Minister.
Commentaires (15)
Politiquement et intellectuellement, il vaut beaucoup moins que l’espèce de réputation qu’il se forge.
Jamais il n’a affiché des attitudes traduisant sa fidélité à des principes.
Intellectuellement, il est comme beaucoup d’avocats : il aligne des formules, vocifère, feint des postures mais sur le fond, il n’impressionne pas.
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