The three ministers of the Confederation of Sahel States took part on Tuesday in Ouagadougou in the 2024-2025 judicial year in Burkina Faso, placed under the theme “jurisdictional control of administrative activity” and under the chairmanship of the Head of State, Captain Ibrahim Traoré.
The ministers in charge of justice of the Sahel States, including Mamadou Kassogué of Mali and Agio Daouda of Niger, guests of honor, and their host colleague from Burkina, Rodrigue Bayala of Burkina Faso, took part in the solemn hearing marking the start of the 2024-2025 judicial year in Burkina Faso in the presence of the President of the National Assembly, Ousmane Bougouma, representing the Head of State.
The President of the Constitutional Council and former President of the Bar, Barthelemy Kéré, also attended the ceremony.
For the President of the Litigation Chamber, Elisabeth Bado/Somé, this meeting is an opportunity for stakeholders in the world of justice to harmonize their understanding of the implications of the
judicial review of administrative action.
She also called on all stakeholders to redouble their efforts in the fight against evils such as slowness and corruption, the persistence of which is likely to destroy trust between the justice system and litigants.
‘We must reassure citizens that their case will be heard impartially and in accordance with the law,’ said Ms. Bado/Somé.
She also paid tribute to the Defense and Security Forces (FDS) and the Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland (VDP) who enable judicial actors to deliver justice in peace.
The advisor to the Council of State, Wahoudou Sanga, indicated for his part that the judge must modulate the jurisdictional control in order to preserve the bases of assessment of the political authorities, in a context of war.
In Mr. Sanga’s opinion, the theme “jurisdictional control of administrative activity” provides an opportunity to show the importance of controlling administrative acts in the dynamics of building a peaceful society and to advocate for
collaboration between the administration and justice.
He considers that this collaboration is necessary in the sense that it will allow the judicial system to effectively support, within the limits of the law, the actions of the administration in the fight for the return of peace.
During the past judicial year, more than 1,100 decisions were rendered by all the administrative courts in the country.
Source: Burkina Information Agency