2024-04-12 17:20:51
While his trial was due to resume in mid-April, Mohamed Diané finds himself without a lawyer. His advisors threw in the towel to challenge the decision of the Crief special prosecutor’s office not to let the former heavyweight of Alphagouvernance leave the gnouf.
Mohamed Diané’s stay at the five-star Coronthie Hotel is likely to be prolonged. The all-powerful former Minister of National Defense and Presidential Affairs sees the collective of lawyers who defend him against the Guinean State before the trial chamber of the Court for the Repression of Economic and Financial Offenses, CRIEF, throwing in the towel. At least for the moment.
In a statement, Me Ciré Clédor Ly and his colleagues motivate their decision by the fact that the special prosecution close to the jurisdiction would refuse to execute the judgment of the ECOWAS Court of Justice ordering the immediate releases of Mohamed le Diané from the RPG, of Ibrahima le Cas-Sorry Fofana and Oyé-Oyé Guilavogui, prosecuted for alleged embezzlement of public funds, illicit enrichment or money laundering: “The defense collective of Doctor Mohamed Diané has decided to suspend its assistance at the latter’s trial before the Judgment Chamber of the Court for the Repression of Economic and Financial Offenses. The collective is convinced that Doctor Diané will never be able to benefit from a fair trial and this is why a correspondence evoking the reasons for his decision has been brought to the attention of the Judgment Chamber since March 28, 2024. » According to them , the special pro-crier, Aly Touré, used legal quibbles to “give an appearance of legality to the committal warrant of April 6, 2022 which is to date the only detention title received by the Central House of Conakry. »
On October 16, 2023, the Common Court of Justice of ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) not only found that the presumption of innocence of “Doctor Diané was violated, but also that his detention was arbitrary. »
Mohamed Diané’s collective of lawyers is now counting on the new Minister of Justice, to hope to get their client out of the quagmire of the CRIEF: “The opportunity is offered to the current Minister of Justice to issue the order to the omnipotent Special Prosecutor to lift the only warrant that was registered at the Central House of Conakry for a free appearance of Doctor Mohamed Diané and article 37 of the code of criminal procedure authorizes him to do so. »
At the next hearing, the Court could appoint other lawyers to Mohamed Diané. Will he accept it? Let’s wait and see !
Yacine Diallo
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