Like the “mani pulite” or “clean hands” operation which, in the 1990s, allowed the Italian justice system to unravel the vast system of corruption and privileges which plagued the political class and economic of the country, the “empty lockers” operation launched by the Faso prosecutor at the Ouaga I High Court announces the colors.
In the dynamic of dusting off the drawers of Burkinabè justice, this operation aims to finally lead to the virtuous Republic resolutely committed to the development projects that everyone is calling for.
It is an open secret to say that justice is a fundamental pillar of the rule of law and the lasting construction of a peaceful society. What the Prime Minister, Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo, had opportunely recalled in his General Policy Declaration to the National Representation, in December 2024.
To do this, the fight against corruption appears to be a major task as highlighted by the President of Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, in an interview on April 26, 2024, in Bobo-Dioulasso. Convinced that it is a “scourge which has plagued our society for decades with several thousand knots”, Captain Traoré has expressed his desire to fight it with the utmost energy.
Past trials and the upcoming legal dramas illustrate, if necessary, that this assertion by the President of Faso is coming to fruition. This also has the merit of removing from the judiciary this bad image of a “two-speed justice” that it carries with a part of public opinion which believes that it is the small fry which are its trophies of war.
For the upcoming trials to have a therapeutic and preventive aspect, they must ultimately make it possible to revolutionize the management of public affairs with the watchwords of integrity, effectiveness and efficiency in the work in the service of the public. people.
If the Revolution is a quantitative and qualitative upheaval of statistics, it also and above all involves an upheaval of political and social mores. With these legal cases getting underway, we are getting to the heart of the matter, regarding this long-awaited refoundation.
In the meantime, every Burkinabè must set an example, in order to contribute to making
virtuous management, the compass of responsibility.
By Assetou BADOH