The Minister of Justice, Ousmane Diagne, formally denied any involvement of the political authority in the legal case involving MP Farba Ngom. During the National Conference of Chiefs of Public Prosecutors, held on Thursday, he wanted to clarify the role of institutions in this sensitive issue.
“The procedure you are talking about results from a report from the National Financial Information Processing Unit (Centif). Centif’s reports are submitted directly to the Public Prosecutor. This therefore means that the political authority that I represent, in the functioning of justice, has absolutely nothing to do with it,” declared Ousmane Diagne.
The minister also recalled the legal obligations provided for by the 2004 law on money laundering. According to this legislation, the Public Prosecutor is required to immediately refer the matter to the investigating judge in the event of suspicion. “In this case, it is the quality of the person accused, whom you have just cited, which gives rise to these procedural constraints. We strive to respect these steps in order to preserve this legality which constantly guides us,” he said.
The case concerns MP Farba Ngom, an influential member of the Alliance for the Republic (APR), cited in a judicial investigation into an alleged transfer of 125 billion FCFA. This issue has sparked a wide debate among public opinion, highlighting the institutional mechanisms in the fight against money laundering.
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