MADRID 27 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The authorities of Burkina Faso announced this Thursday after the last Council of Ministers held this year that the leader of the military junta, Ibrahim Traoré, has decided to grant pardons to around 1,200 people as of January 1, 2025.
The Burkinabé Minister of Justice, Rodrigue Bayala, has explained that approximately 400 will benefit from a full remission of their sentences, 750 from a partial remission and three sentenced to life imprisonment will have their sentences commuted, according to the Burkinabé Government Information Service. Faso.
“All these measures contribute to the head of state’s vision of reducing prison overpopulation and guaranteeing that these people who are there can contribute effectively to the development of our country,” reads a statement published on his profile on the social network Facebook.
Although Ouagadougou has not yet made public the names of the people affected by the measure, which will be published in the official gazette, it has clarified that all the proposed convicts were chosen according to criteria and conditions that take into account age, health status, interest in working in agricultural production units, workshops and construction sites in penitentiary establishments.