The former Guinean Minister of Justice is leaving his reserve and finally speaks about the privacy scandal that has been shaking the country for several weeks. In an interview with some journalists last Saturday, Alphonse Charles Wright first wanted to thank his creator for allowing him to take the floor in these difficult times.
"I will not talk about my public life, but about my private life, since it is on this ground that my critics tried to hurt me," he said at the outset. The former Attorney General at the Conakry Court of Appeal refers here to the intimate photos and videos that have circulated on social networks for some time, showing his privacy in the light.
Shaken and shocked by the situation, Mr. Wright apologized to the people of Guinea and to all those who saw him as a model. "I think very much of my mother Hadja Kadiatou Soumah, my sisters, my wife Mariam Conté and all my children, who are under the pressure of this media beat," he said with emotion.
Despite the attacks and rumors aimed at damaging his reputation, the former Seal Guard remains serene. "My loved ones must understand the causes, the reasons and the machinations behind all this. I tell them to expect the worst, but that all of this will eventually pass," he said.
Mr. Wright strongly denounces what he calls "machining" to discredit him by attacking his private life, after the failure of attempts to harm him professionally. "It was meant to use my privacy to tell you that the one you believed in is supposedly an indecent, a liar. But the truth, since it is unique, will eventually emerge," he assures.
The former Justice Minister says he is convinced that history will eventually rehabilitate him and that his family will understand what really happened. He reiterated his apologies to his relatives for the pain that this case caused them.
This long-awaited speech by Mr. Wright follows the scandal caused by the dissemination of intimate videos featuring him. Many voices had been raised to condemn this violation of the privacy of a Guinean public figure.
The case has taken on a national scale, with some denouncing a political conspiracy aimed at destabilizing the former Minister of Justice, while others calling for the privacy of public figures to be protected. Anyway, Alphonse Charles Wright finally breaks the silence in this touching interview.
