Students at the Cinq-Février-1979 technical high school in Brazzaville must resume classes on February 20, 2024. This establishment was closed a week ago by government authorities for “ serious incivility “. The resumption coincides with the opening of the trial against more than ten students who took down the national tricolor flag on February 5 to replace it with a monocolor flag.
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With our correspondent in Brazzaville, Loicia Martial
According to a judicial source close to this case, this Tuesday, 14 adult students will appear before the Criminal Court of the Brazzaville court to respond to the accusations “ degradation of an object intended for public utility or decoration », while two students aged 15 and 16 will be heard in the juvenile court the next day, for “ association of criminals », while several hundred students educated here in this establishment will return to classes.
Control
Christian Grégoire Epouma, president of the Association of Parents and Students of Congo (Apeec), explains: “ Each child who arrives at the Cinq-Février high school will have to present their badge, to show that they have been checked: that is to say, registered, that they have signed their census form in the company of their father or their partner. mother. Those who do not have a badge, this means that they have not been identified and will not have access to the Cinq-Février high school. »
This control followed by a census was initiated following the incivility of February 5 where the students replaced the green-yellow-red national flag of Congo by a dark blue fabric like their uniforms.
“ Justice will take its course »
For Christian Grégoire Epouma, the trial which opens today aims to serve as an example: “ The guilty will be known and the non-guilty, or those who left by crowd effect, will be exonerated and justice will take its course. “. This trial is the first of its kind in the fight against incivism in schools.
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