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Résumé
“Parliament votes the law” we are used to saying. This legislative function is recognised by the constitution in Cameroon. However, it is steadily known that: very few laws are of parliamentary origin. In other words, rare are the legislative proposals emanating from our Parliamentary Assemblies which are limited to adoption and promulgation. The general trend is towards the preponderance of government bills. This tendency renders the Cameroonian Parliament as a recording desk. However, the constitution is clear: "the initiative of the laws belongs concurrently to the President of the republic and to the members of the Parliament ". Therefore, what can be the explanation why we have very few successful private member bills? The question is an invitation to seek those obstacles to the elaboration of laws by the parliament. This study therefore intends to identify these obstacles. From a simple question important to note: what are the obstacles to the elaboration of law by parliament in Cameroon? The hypothesis of a duality of obstacles is obvious. In evacuating the prejudices about the lack of initiative from parliamentarians, the analysis was done on legal and institutional considerations. So, on the one hand, the institutional barriers were identify to revolve around the rationalisation of the legislative process, with the recognition of the important role of the executive in presiding parliamentary work and the consolidation of the function of the government as a consequence of a political majority. On the other hand, it has been noted that the procedure for drafting the law also has obstacles which could justify the low production of laws of parliamentary origin. They involve mainly inadmissibility and obstructions. In conclusion, it should be said that the obstacles to the parliamentary production of the law are both institutional and procedural.