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In the spotlight: Compaoré, the return that flouts Thémis

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Blaise Compaoré in Addis Ababa during an African Union summit, January 28, 2011. REUTERS / Thomas Mukoya

By: Norbert Navarro

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Indignation and anger in Ouagadougou after the return of ex-president Blaise Compaoré, despite having been sentenced by Burkinabè justice to life imprisonment for his role in the assassination of his predecessor Thomas Sankara: 

For the first time since he was driven out in 2014 by a popular uprising as he tried to cling to power, the former president of Burkina Faso was back in his country yesterday. 

Results ?

These rapid reactions published by

L'Observateur Paalga

.

Here, it is this economist who believes that this “ 

fraudulent return 

” of Blaise Compaoré constitutes “ 

the worst-case scenario! 

but also "

 the consecration of impunity

 ", justice being " 

scorned 

", and who wonders " 

how to win the fight against terrorism in these conditions 

".

There, it is this group of lawyers for the civil parties in " 

the case of the Public Ministry against Compaoré Blaise dit Jubal and others

 " which recalls the decision rendered on April 6 last condemning the former Burkinabè president to 

the life imprisonment 

" and which means "

 that force remains with the law 

”. 

“ 

Yesterday Thursday, July 7, 2022, Burkina Faso again presented two diametrically opposed faces on the way to go to a true reconciliation,

summarizes the newspaper

Today Burkina Faso

,

in the grip of one of the most serious crises .

of its history, feels an immense need to reconcile with its past 

".

Reprobation also of the daily

Le Pays

.

Which deplores “ 

a return that divides more than it unites (…) Because, if it is true that there are some who rejoice in it, it must be recognized that there are also some, and God alone knows if there are many of them, who recriminate, believing that the transitional authorities are showing a real contempt for justice

 , ”said

Le Pays

.

According to this Ouagalais newspaper, “ 

if, by bringing Blaise Compaoré to the country, Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba's objective was to reunite the Burkinabè among themselves, well, we can say that it failed 

”.  

More soberly in the comments, photo report in support, the online newspaper

Le Faso.net

recounts the "

 hot afternoon at Ouagadougou international airport

 ", for a "

 triumphant welcome (by Blaise Compaoré) without seeing the actor 

”. 

Bédié-Gbagbo-Ouattara, the great council   

In Côte d'Ivoire, the pressure is mounting before the meeting Bédié Gbagbo, Ouattara, on July 14.

 Last chance meeting? 

“, wonder in chorus the Soroist newspaper Générations Nouvelles and the pedecist daily Le Bélier Intrépide… 

With this three-way summit, " 

Ouattara listens (finally!) to President Bédié

 ", rejoices this daily also close to the PDCI-RDA that is

Dernier Heure Monde

.  

“ 

Let the interest of the Nation take precedence!

 “, enjoins his colleague

Le Nouveau Réveil.

As for the newspaper

Le Matin

, it intends to explain to its readers " 

what will change after July 14 

"... 

Mali, the cause of the people  

In Côte d'Ivoire, again, the PPA-CI, the party of ex-president Laurent Gbagbo, welcomes the lifting of ECOWAS sanctions against Mali.

Satisfecit launched on the occasion of a new meeting with the Ivorian press of La Tribune du PPA-CI, hosted by the party's spokesperson, Justin Koné Katinan, who is also entitled, this morning, to the front page of dailies

Soir Info

,

L'Inter

,

Le Temps

,

L'Héritage

,

Le Nouveau Réveil,

as well as

Le Pan Africain

and

Le Quotidien d'Abidjan.  

At La Tribune du PPA-CI, therefore, Laurent Gbagbo's former Budget Minister notably hailed " 

the courage, resilience and patriotism of the Malian people who must inspire all of Africa

 " ​​and reaffirmed "

 his support for the Malian people 

,” reports the daily

Le Temps

.

Justin Koné Katinan also invited ECOWAS to " 

stop the manipulation, for political purposes, of economic and financial instruments, in particular the Bceao, against the interests of the people 

".

According to the spokesman of the PPA-CI, the Malian people " 

have sufficiently demonstrated that no force can stop a people's desire for self-determination 

", states

Le Temps

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