The lawyer, who spoke to journalists after leaving the hearing room at the Bissalanca Air Base, on the outskirts of Bissau, stated that the suspension was due to "a series of previous issues yet to be clarified" by the court.
Victor Embana said that, of the questions raised by the suspects' defense at the opening of the trial, on Tuesday, "some were answered" by the court and "others will have to be addressed through a written appeal".
One of the issues that the defense will demand is the presence of the press and the public in the trial room, in light of the Guinean Code of Criminal Procedure, said Embana.
Claiming "orders from above", the military at the Bissalanca Air Base have prevented journalists from accessing the trial room.
"The law says that, under penalty of nullity, the trial must be public and expressly says that the press must be there and publicize" the act, said Victor Embana.
The defense will also demand compliance with the order of a Criminal Investigation Judge who issued a release order for 17 of the accused who are still in cells.
"The JIC says that they are people for whom there is no evidence of the charges against them," said the lawyer.
One of the people in this group had his request for release granted by the court, but Victor Embana finds it strange that the body has not ordered him to leave his cells today.
"The court says it will refer the decision to the civil Public Ministry as it is the entity that brought the accusation against the person", explained the lawyer, adding that he has a contrary understanding.
In today's session, although inconclusive, there were notes of pleasure and others of displeasure from the team of defense lawyers.
As a note of satisfaction, the defense noted the fact that the court agreed to remove from the next sessions of the trial one of the military justice prosecutors who was part of the team of judges and about whom he had complained for having been part of the investigations.
As a displeasure, the defense team said it had protested a delay "of around two hours" in the opening of the trial, a repair recognized by the court.
The defense also noted the fact that the court denied their allegation that one of the judges was a legal advisor to the current Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Biague Na Ntan.
The court rejected it on the grounds that the suspects' defense was unable to prove that that person was actually an advisor to the head of the Armed Forces.
Among the detainees who must be tried, if the session resumes on Monday, is the former head of the Guinean Navy, Vice Admiral José Américo Bubo Na Tchuto, considered to be the leader of the alleged attempted coup d'état in February 2022.
A defense lawyer for some of the suspects told Lusa that the defendants, including civilians and military personnel, are accused of the "crime of an attempt on the life of the Guinean President", Umaro Sissoco Embaló, and also of "an attempt to change the constitutional order". .
According to the accusation, on February 1, 2022, armed men burst into the Council of Ministers room, in the Government Palace, in Bissau, and shot at those present, including the head of State, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, who presided the meeting.
The Government claimed that it was an attempted coup d'état, in which 11 people died, most of them members of the government's security body, and around 50 others were detained.
Some of the detainees were supposed to be tried in December 2022, by a civil court, but, at the last minute, the process was postponed "to a new date", allegedly due to rehabilitation works in the downtown area of Bissau, where it is located The court.
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