Sankara trial: 30 years in prison required against former President Blaire Compaoré
People attend the trial of the alleged perpetrators of the assassination of Thomas Sankara in Ouagadougou, October 11, 2021. AFP - OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT
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During the trial on the assassination of Thomas Sankara, the military prosecutor's office demanded this Tuesday thirty years in prison against former President Blaise Compaoré, tried in his absence.
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With our correspondent in Ouagadougou,
Yaya Boudani
"
I accuse Blaise Compaoré, yes I accuse him of one of the most serious crimes of undermining state security
", hammered the military prosecutor's office before adding: "
I also accuse him of complicity in murder
”.
According to
the military prosecutor's office
, Blaise Compaoré is the principal.
It was he who had an interest in seeing the coup succeed.
Attack strategies, men and means were provided by Blaise Compaoré, he said.
As for Hyacinthe Kafondo, the commander of Mr. Compaoré's guard, against whom the prosecutor also requires thirty years in prison, he is designated as the one who coordinated the commando.
The prosecution also requests the maintenance of the arrest warrant against these two personalities.
"The absence of any consideration of the pain of the families of the victims
"
Military justice also required
against Gilbert Diendéré
, one of the leaders of the army during the 1987 putsch accused of complicity in assassination and complicity in concealment of a corpse and bribery of witnesses, twenty years of jail.
According to the prosecution, he took no action against the members of the commando while he was in charge of the security of the Council of the agreement.
Justice accuses him of not having reacted when President Thomas Sankara and his collaborators were attacked.
Finally, against
Colonel Major Jean-Pierre Palm
, who had denied any complicity during the trial, the prosecution requested eleven years in prison, suspended.
In his indictment, the military prosecutor considers that there are no mitigating circumstances because the defendants had expressed no remorse or regret during the proceedings.
"
What struck me during this trial was the absence of any consideration of the pain of the families of the victims
", regretted the military prosecutor.
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