Saab’s defense, headed by Nigerian human rights lawyer Femi Falana, denounced in a statement to which Sputnik agreed, that the acceptance of the extradition request made by the United States “crushed” not only the country’s Constitution but the history that led to the independence of the island, specified on September 5, 1980.
“41 years later, this sacred document of the Cape Verdean people was shattered, as if it were a simple piece of paper, by the pen of the same people in charge of its protection: the judges of the Constitutional Court of Cape Verde,” the statement admitting the extradition to the United States of diplomat Alex Saab Latin America The case against Alex Saab in Cape Verde:
“They want to wage a war against Venezuela” August 24, 21:06 GMT 10.09.21 16:52 Page 2 sur 6 alleges. Saab’s defense, of Colombian origin but acting as a diplomat for Venezuela, criticizes the way in which the court rejected Saab’s appeal, in what it considers “a long, indigestible and legally debatable sentence.” Falana and his team described the Constitutional Court ruling as “extremely poorly drafted, poorly argued and legally inconsistent,” which “would blush a law student.” “The instrumentalization of law for political purposes requires a certain talent that Cape Verdean judges seem to lack. In the absence of substantive arguments that can convince the reader otherwise, the sentence is presented in a form and with confusing and hermetic language. The result is legally deplorable,” he adds.
