Ivory Coast: relatives of Guillaume Soro released
Guillaumes Soro supporters demonstrate in front of the Independent Electoral Commission.
August 31, 2020 (Illustration) SIA KAMBOU / AFP
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In Côte d'Ivoire, the justice system released under conditions on the night of Wednesday to Thursday, September 24, some of Guillaume Soro's relatives detained since the end of December.
A measure that comes in a context of growing political tensions as the presidential election approaches.
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With our correspondent in Abidjan
,
Pierre Pinto
They are 9 out of 19 companions of Guillaume Soro to have left their prisons that night.
Among these nine released, three of the five deputies, for the most part, prosecuted for “
attempt to attack the security of the State
”
and arrested at the end of December.
Guillaume Soro, himself the target
of an arrest warrant,
had hijacked his plane to avoid landing in Abidjan that day.
The deputies Soro Kanigui, president of the RACI, Louqimane Camara and Soumaïla Yao are among the released.
"
Others should follow
", believes a judicial source.
According to our information, the relatives of Guillaume Soro, Alain Lobognon, Soul to Soul, or Tehfour Koné, as well as the two brothers of the former Prime Minister are still behind bars.
These releases come against a backdrop of growing tension in Côte d'Ivoire, as the opposition called for the mobilization of its supporters and civil disobedience to block Alassane Ouattara's candidacy for the October 31 presidential election.
At a time also when the pressures, international in particular, are increasing on the Ouattara regime to play appeasement.
The UN Special Representative in West Africa is currently in Abidjan where he is stepping up meetings with political actors.
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