Burkina Faso: the former president of the National Assembly arrested then released
Alassane Bala Sakandé, the former president of the Burkinabè National Assembly.
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Alassane Bala Sakandé, former president of the National Assembly, and also president of the People's Movement for Progress, was arrested this Sunday, March 27 by the gendarmerie in Ouagadougou, according to party officials.
According to his lawyers, this arrest is linked to remarks made during his press conference last Thursday, during which he had asked for the immediate and unconditional release of former President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré.
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With our correspondent in Ouagadougou
,
Yaya Boudani
Alassane Bala Sakandé was arrested very early on Sunday.
According to his lawyers, the gendarmes have been watching in front of his home since the day before, that is to say on Saturday night.
In a press release, his councils announce that the arrest of the president of the former ruling party is linked to remarks made during a press conference last Thursday.
During this conference, the president of the People's Movement for Progress demanded the unconditional and immediate release of
deposed president Roch Marc Christian Kaboré
.
He is suspected of being the instigator of a poster campaign for the release of the ex-president.
He had also pointed out that the coup was the work of part of the Burkinabè Armed Forces, reporting comments attributed to Lieutenant-Colonel
Paul Henri Damiba
.
Based on this fact, he argued that there are always republicans and patriots within the Burkinabè armed forces.
He is accused of wanting to divide the Armed Forces by these statements.
Alassane Bala Sakandé was finally released after hours spent at the gendarmerie.
"
No charges have been brought against him
," said one of his lawyers.
According to these lawyers, his arrest and detention had neither been ordered nor authorized by the legal prosecution authorities.
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