The petition includes the release of former Prime Minister Mukhtar Awan, who is also detained in his home.
These two politicians resigned after a coup on May 24 and were released in a military base three days after their arrest during the military action led by Colonel Asimi Gueta.
Konate recently visited each of them in this capital, although the security forces prevented them from meeting, after he denounced what he described as house arrest “without any legal argument”.
It must be remembered that among those responsible for this situation was President Asimi Guetta. Prime Minister, Chogoel Maiga; The head of the judiciary, Mamadou Kasugé, declared him a jurist.
The lawyer submitted his petition to the Central Court of Justice for the release of Ndaw and Awan, after which the agency issued an acknowledgment of receipt: “The procedures are to financially notify the petition and give the state the possibility to respond.”
Colonel Asimi Gueta, who took over as Vice President after the overthrow of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta in August 2020, joined the leadership of this country after a second military coup last May.
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