The trial will be civil and will take place at the Regional Court of Bissau. However, the 10 detained at the headquarters of the Air Base, active military, will not be judged in this process, but by military justice.

The scheduling of the trial puts an end to an institutional “conflict” over what type of court - military or civil - has the competence to try the defendants and ends up happening before the legislative elections, initially scheduled for DEC, but postponed to next year. The effects of the process on the pre-election period are likely. READ MORE