By RFIPosted on 24-12-2019Changed on 24-12-2019 at 14:38
Guillaume Soro was expected this Monday, September 23 in Abidjan in Côte d'Ivoire after more than 6 months of absence. But the former Prime Minister, presidential candidate 2020, could not return to the country. His plane finally landed in Accra, the capital of Ghana after the Ivory Coast issued an international arrest warrant against him. He is said to be currently in Europe.
According to one of his advisers, Guillaume Soro left Accra last night, going to Spain first, then France to spend the holidays . " President Guillaume Soro has returned to Europe and is currently in Spain, " says Franklin Nyamsi. He should return to France " especially as part of the family of President Guillaume Soro lives in France," says Nyamsi . And since he was refused landing in his country Côte d'Ivoire by the regime of Mr. Ouattara , the short-term fallback solution for him is to find his family here [in France]. "
" If France wants to participate ... "
Meanwhile, the relatives of the former Ivorian Prime Minister do not seem to fear an intervention by French justice concerning their leader targeted by an international arrest warrant. " The French authorities in such a hypothesis would take a very big responsibility in the consecration of the surviving African dictatorships, estimates Franklin Nyamsi . They would take a great responsibility in the destabilization of Côte d'Ivoire. If France wants to participate in stabilization and peace in Côte d'Ivoire, it must call on Mr. Ouattara to respect the right of Mr. Guillaume Soro as a citizen of Côte d'Ivoire to return peacefully and quietly to his country and to fight campaign for the 2020 presidential election ”.
The package after the crime, in the last hours I learn that I am the subject of an international arrest warrant.
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A record of intelligence services
Since Monday evening, we know a little more about the facts alleged against Guillaume Soro. There are two counts against the ex-president of the National Assembly which justify this international arrest warrant issued Monday by the Ivorian justice. The first, that of " attempt to attack the authority of the State and the integrity of the national territory ," said Monday evening on Ivorian television Richard Adou, the public prosecutor. For this, he claims to rely on elements in possession of the intelligence services, including a recording which has not been made public and also that " this destabilization project was to be implemented shortly ".
The former president of the National Assembly is also accused of “ embezzlement of public property ” in the amount of one and a half billion CFA francs, without specifying the period when this embezzlement would have taken place.
Relatives of Guillaume Soro in the crosshairs
There were at least a dozen activists from Generations and Solidarity Peoples (GPS), the grouping of Guillaume Soro, who were arrested on Monday at the headquarters of this movement after an assault by the police. According to the public prosecutor, these arrests have nothing to do with the charges against Guillaume Soro. But among those arrested, there is Alain Lobognon, MP, former minister and right-hand man of Guillaume Soro.
At the present time, Maître Souleymane Diallo, the lawyer of Guillaume Soro, is at the office of the public prosecutor to clarify the facts of which they are accused. And his lawyer should hold a press conference on the day of Tuesday, December 24.
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