By RFIPalled on 03-09-2019Modified on 03-09-2019 at 07:06

The outcome of the trial of the failed coup d'etat in 2015 could help to begin a process of reconciliation in Burkina, a country still divided since the fall of Compaoré, with a view to the presidential election of 2020.

For President Kaboré, these convictions are timely. Criticized for his difficulties in facing the security challenge , his lack of strong decisions, the Burkinabè head of state had made justice one of his campaign promises. At the end of a trial before all emblematic, here are today those who were imagined untouchable convicted and convicted.

But the head of state is now expected on the ground of reconciliation. Refusing that former dignitaries can enjoy impunity in the name of a necessary pardon, President Kaboré has always assured that there will be no reconciliation before justice is done.

Today, to one year of the presidential election of 2020, he might have an interest in opening the game. He also knows that generals like Gilbert Diendéré and Djibrill Bassolé have many faithful in the ranks of the army and some, within of power, do not discount the idea of ​​a possible grace after a great forum of reconciliation.

Other iconic business

Still, judicial time does not always correspond to political time. First, convicts can appeal and then other trials are planned, just as emblematic.

For example, there is one of the leaders of the repression of the popular insurrection of October 2014, which is still pending, at the level of the High Court of Justice for the former government, at the level of the Military Court for those who fired or who gave the order to fire on the crowd.

The case of the assassination of former journalist Norbert Zongo is not yet decided either. The trial of the death of student Dabo Boukari has not yet taken place, like that of Thomas Sankara.

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