Guinea-Bissau prosecutor warns of international convictions
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on O Democrata
Guinea-Bissau’s Attorney General Mário Yala warns that failure to comply with the Constitution and laws could expose the country to convictions before international bodies. At the installation of Deputy Attorney General Julião Vieira Insumbo, he also defended an independent and impartial judiciary, reports O Democrata.
Guinea-Bissau’s Attorney General, Mário Yala, warned on 11 November that failure to comply with the Constitution and laws could expose the country to convictions before international bodies. He issued the warning during the assumption of office of the new Deputy Attorney General, Julião Vieira Insumbo, in Bissau, according to O Democrata.
Mário Yala called for the judiciary to remain independent of decisions lacking a legal basis and urged magistrates to apply the law impartially, objectively and independently. He also said Guinea-Bissau’s justice system was going through a difficult period, marked, in his view, by a severe weakening of citizens' trust in judicial institutions.
The Minister of Justice and Human Rights, João Bernardo Vieira, described Julião Vieira Insumbo’s appointment as a step intended to strengthen the institutional capacities of the judicial system. He linked the assumption of office to consolidating social peace, citizens' trust in institutions and the conditions necessary for development, according to O Democrata.
