Pétronille Tarpaga appeared before the Burkinabe justice system in connection with a lawsuit involving the embezzlement of nearly three billion CFA francs at the Ministry of Humanitarian Action. But he was accused of insulting a magistrate in the middle

C'était mardi 10 décembre dernier que Pétronille Tarpaga had explained herself again on the dissipation of public funds for the care of internally displaced persons. Following the long questioning of the Deputy Prosecutor, Idrissa Tapsoba, about the imitations of signatures on checks and on the nature of his collaboration with the main accused, Amidou Tiegnan, Pétronille Tarpaga, obviously annoyed at the magistrate, an insult in a low voice, but audible enough for public television viewers, who have been assiduously following this trial, broadcast live since its beginning.. On the 12th, the woman who was already granted temporary release as part of the embezzlement trial, thanks to a measure in favor of justice, did not get a second chance. She was taken into custody for contempt of a magistrate