2024-03-07 16:16:48
This Thursday, March 7, 2024, before the Appeals Chamber of the Court for the Repression of Economic and Financial Offenses (Crief), the Guinean State, represented by the Judicial Agent, expressed its dissatisfaction with the compensation granted in this case involving the former director of the Road Maintenance Fund (FER), Souleymane Traoré.
The defendant, convicted of illicit enrichment, corruption of public officials and money laundering, was the center of the debates. “The problem is with the repair. The Guinean State only benefited from one billion Guinean Francs for all the damage suffered. So we appealed because we believe it is a partial remedy. And we want to have total compensation,” declared Me Bernard Sâa Disso Millimouno, lawyer for the Guinean state.
Faced with this request, the public prosecutor also supported the need for complete reparation, affirming that “it will be up to the Court to award the State what is right”, according to the words of special prosecutor Aly Touré .
However, the defendant’s defense contested this request, arguing that the first decision rendered was fair and that the penalty imposed, beyond the amount of one billion, already constituted another form of reparation. Me Kondiano Sékou, lawyer for the accused, underlined the disproportionate nature of the request from the State which, according to him, wants to “stripping” his client and pleaded in favor of respecting the initial decision.
The former director of the FER was found guilty and sentenced to a prison term accompanied by a fine as well as the confiscation of some of his bank accounts. However, the Guinean State considers that the compensation granted is insufficient in view of the damage suffered.
Judge Daye Mara adjourned the case to March 28, 2024 for oral arguments and requisitions specifically related to the issue of relief.
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