Ivory Coast: at the trial of Soro and his relatives, the faithful among the faithful on the bar
Guillaume Soro is being prosecuted for conspiring against the authority of the State.
He is being tried in his absence, but 14 other people are in the accused's box.
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The trial of Guillaume Soro and 19 of his relatives is continuing before the Abidjan criminal court.
The former prime minister is being prosecuted for conspiring against the authority of the state.
He is being tried in his absence, but 14 other people are in the accused's box.
This week it was those very close to Guillaume Soro who appeared: his two brothers, his faithful director of protocol and former minister Alain Lobognon.
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With our correspondent in Abidjan
,
Pierre Pinto
Wednesday June 9 at the helm Souleymane Koné Kamaraté, alias "Soul to Soul" loyal among the faithful of Guillaume Soro, already amnestied for a history of weapons discovered at his home
in Bouaké in 2017
, argues before the judges to know nothing about weapons found at the headquarters of the GPS party and in Assinie at the end of 2019.
Next come the Soro brothers, Rigobert and Simon.
The court brandishes a wiretap in which we hear the second say to the first "
It's okay."
We have come full circle.
He no longer lands
”.
Uproar within the defense which accuses the accusation of producing an illegal wiretapping, and which establishes nothing on the merits.
Charge swept away by the prosecutor.
Wednesday at the end of the day, but especially Thursday all day, the debates continue with Alain Lobognon.
The former deputy is being prosecuted in particular for disseminating false news, for the press conference during which he accused the Ivorian authorities of having prevented the plane from landing in Abidjan.
“
The press conference was to put an end to the rumors that were circulating and to reassure the populations.
I never called a person to the insurrection
”, declared the former minister and to pass the buck to Meité Sindou, president of the organizing committee of the return of Guillaume Soro at the time.
Meité Sindou, who officially broke up with his former boss a year ago, has never been worried in this case.
“
It is Mr. Meité Sindou who is responsible for this whole trial.
Like a coward, he evaporated.
He has to be here to speak,
”said Alain Lobognon.
The trial is scheduled to resume on June 16.
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