2023-07-18 18:16:40
Trial of the massacre of September 28, 2009. This Tuesday, July 18 at the court of Dixinn relocated to the Court of Appeal of Conakry, Marcel Guilavogui, accused and former member of the presidential guard crossed swords with defense lawyers. At first, Captain Marcel didn’t seem to want to answer questions, or at least repeat himself. “I have no comment; I do not answer; I have already explained this; I will not come back to this question, already largely addressed by the civil party”. These are among other statements that come up repeatedly when the defense lawyers question the accused.
It will be necessary to wait for the turn to go to the lawyers of Moussa Tiégboro Camara, former Minister of State in charge of the fight against banditry and drugs, so that his tongue is finally loosened. With great ease, but in a firm tone, Marcel attributed the responsibility for the massacre to Tiégboro. When Mr. Abdoulaye Keita asks if he has not returned to the bar just to confirm Commander Toumba Diakité’s version, the accused replies: “I am not a man who can be manipulated, that is not the case. I’m not here to back up anyone’s words. It was your client (Tiégboro Camara) who added fuel to the fire. He was the umbilical cord between President Dadis and the leaders. He’s the one the president sent to the stadium to commit the crimes. How can a president and a minister of state deny their minutes? »
Further, he justifies his return to the bar by his desire “to enlighten the court’s lantern”. Me Keita accuses Marcel of having led the red berets to the stadium to massacre the citizens. “Dadis and his parallel guard have long said that it was Toumba’s elements who committed these crimes. But to erase the evidence, they hunted some, killed others. They went to repaint the stadium quickly. Can Marcel do all this alone? If they wanted a serious investigation, they were going to close the stadium”. And to accuse: “Moussa Tiégboro Camara betrayed the CNDD. They are opportunists who came to spoil the power, parachuted people. Your client did nothing to bring the CNDD to power”.
“May Dadis apologize to the Guineans”
The lawyer challenges the accused on the episode of the Ambroise Paré clinic, which the latter had threatened to blow up. “When I rushed with the grenade towards Tiégboro Camara, he called the president on the phone and tried to pass it to me. I refused to take the call. President Dadis is the planner and the orderer of this massacre. Don’t humiliate him, he just has to ask the people for forgiveness. The people will accept”.
Marcel Guilavogui accuses Tiégboro and his men of raiding. Me Abdoulaye Keita asks the accused to index his witnesses. “Who says anti-drug, says searches. Everyone saw the vehicles parked at the camp. It was not hidden, ”defends the accused. The latter argued at length at the bar that he had been removed from the presidential guard, arguing that Moussa Dadis Camara was leaving without him. The lawyer relies on his permanent presence with him to demonstrate the contrary. “You were pushed aside, but you still had access to the president,” he notes. “My mission is to secure the president. Military service is not like civilian service. The soldier must fight until his means are exhausted. Removing does not mean chasing. You can stay in the same office, if you are not consulted, it is that you are dismissed, “replies the one who is presented as the nephew and the darling of the former head of the junta in power from December 2008 to December 2009. “My father entrusted me to Captain Moussa Dadis Camara. He was paralyzed. When we learned that the president came out, he told me that I am part of the presidential guard, to follow him,” Marcel said. One way to explain how he ended up at the September 28 stadium, the scene of the crimes of 2009.
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