Published on : 04/05/2022 – 22:22
The Attorney General of Conakry, appointed by the junta in power in Guinea since 2021, announced on Wednesday the prosecution of ex-President Alpha Condé and around thirty former senior officials under his presidency, in particular for assassinations, acts of torture and kidnappings.
The Attorney General of Conakry, Alphonse Charles Wright, announced on Wednesday May 4 the prosecution of ex-President Alpha Condé and around thirty former senior officials under his presidency, in particular for assassinations, acts of torture and kidnappings.
Among the personalities targeted by the prosecution are a former president of the Constitutional Court, former presidents of the Assembly, a former Prime Minister and a host of former ministers, deputies and heads of the security services, according to a list communicated to journalists.
The magistrate gave “instructions for the purposes of legal proceedings by way of denunciation” against ex-president Alpha Condé, overthrown by the military in September 2021, and 26 other personalities for “murder, assassination and complicity”, enforced disappearances, detentions , kidnappings, acts of torture, intentional assault and battery, rape and sexual assault or acts of looting.
In view of the requisitions of the Attorney General, the investigations seem to mainly target the last two years of the Condé presidency.
Protest against a third term for Alpha Condé
The magistrate clarified in a message to AFP that the proceedings were launched following a complaint from the National Front for the Defense of the Constitution (FNDC), a collective which led for months from October 2019 the protest against a third term of Alpha Condé.
The repression of these protests left dozens dead, almost all of them civilians. This mobilization did not prevent Alpha Condé, who in 2010 became the first democratically elected president after decades of authoritarian or dictatorial regimes, from being re-elected in October 2020 after having the Constitution amended at the start of the year.
The FNDC has since continued to demand justice. The complaint filed in January on his behalf by a French law firm named the President as the main responsible for the violence.
Alpha Condé, 84 years old today, was overthrown on September 5 during a putsch led by Colonel Mamady Doumbouya at the head of his special forces. Kept prisoner by the military after the putsch, he was authorized in January to go to the United Arab Emirates in mid-January. to be cared for. He has since returned to Guinea. The junta ensures that he is free to move.
Since Rebellion of September 2021, Colonel Doumbouya was made introniser President. He pledged to hand over power to elected civilians, assured upon taking power that there would be no “witch hunt”, but that justice would be the “compass” of the country.
With AFP