POLITICS
SENEGAL – Ousmane Sonko again calls for resistance
The leader of Pastef Les Patriotes, Ousmane Sonko, addressed the Senegalese this Sunday 02 July 2023 in a Live on his Facebook page which gathered no less than 99,000 Internet users. After offering his condolences to the families of the victims of the events in early June, he said his compassion for the injured and arrested, he made revelations about a “deal” that would aim to remove him from the February 2024 presidential election.
After secret meetings and dialogue, an Extraordinary Session prepares for the Assembly in the coming days
According to Ousmane Sonko, members of the “old” Senegalese political class held secret meetings, most often at night, between the Palace, Mermoz and other places to concoct a plan to isolate him from the presidential election of 25 February 2024. After putting together their plan, they agreed on a method not to make it appear to the public as a deal. So, they created this dialogue to ratify all that. It was the second phase of the plan. The third phase of their deal will take place in a few days. They will call a special meeting of the National Assembly to vote on everything they have planned. Because with the various components of the deal, they will have a majority in the Chamber with at least 75% of the MEPs on their side. They’ve already chosen who to pardon among the candidates. As for the third nomination, they agreed to leave the decision in the hands of the Constitutional Council. I am the only candidate who is not in their plan for an inclusive election,’ said Pastef’s leader.
Who adds that the last phase of the plan will be realized Monday with the statement of President Macky Sall. “It has only two possibilities tomorrow. Either he declares his candidacy or he waives that third candidacy. In the second case, which is very likely, he will rely on his announcement to anesthetize the Senegalese and focus on how to complete their plan and put me in prison. That is why they still have not removed the barricades around my home. But I would like to reassure the Senegalese, Macky Sall cannot stop me,” he said before going back to the legal aspects of his judgment in absentia.
Call for resistance
Ousmane Sonko then called for resistance, if after his arrest as part of the execution of the judgment handed down on 1 June last by the Criminal Chamber of Dakar, he is not immediately released for a new trial of the case against him against Adji Sarr. According to him, once the person convicted in absentia is found by the judicial authorities, the first judgment becomes null pending the opening of a new trial.
He also asked the Senegalese to demonstrate throughout the territory to demand “the release of 650 unjustly arrested political detainees”. According to him, the people should not wait until they are imprisoned or removed from the presidential elections to demonstrate. This time, we will have to finish once and for all with Macky Sall who no longer has the means of his repression. The international community is watching, and I can assure you that you will not see any militia during a demonstration. The complaint to the ICC and the media treatment of the events of June by the international press hurt them very much,” said Ousmane Sonko.
The leader of Pastef did not fail to point the finger at countries like Turkey by calling on them to “stop supplying repressive material to the regime of Macky Sall”.
POLITICS
SENEGAL – Harassment, food tampering, communication ban: the Diomaye Coalition President alert on the conditions of detention of his candidate
The Diomaye Coalition President warns about the conditions of detention of candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye. The members of the said coalition inform that his visiting days have been changed and he can only receive visits on Tuesdays and Wednesdays within the Court. He is also prohibited from telephone communications. The Diomaye Président coalition denounces this relentlessness against its candidate and holds the regime responsible for any attack on the physical or moral integrity of their candidate.
“Following the official launch of the Diomaye President Coalition and the massive adhesions of opposition leaders, it was expected that the government in power would reinstate the candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye in his rights, particularly in the context of a presidential election of which he is undoubtedly the favourite,” reads a statement.
However, the Coalition announces that the Prison Administration, under the responsibility of the Minister of Justice, has decided to unilaterally and without justification tighten the conditions of detention of candidate Bassirou Diomaye FAYE by:
“A unilateral modification of his visiting days now, the candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye can only receive visits on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and this within the Court itself. A ban on telephone communications under the pretext that the favorite candidate in the presidential election whose campaign begins in two days has conversations whose purpose is political. A continuous harassment of the room of the candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye is now searched at every turn.”
Moreover, she notes a «lack of security measures despite her status as a candidate in the presidential election of February 25, 2024 and multiple alerts on probable alterations of the food served to her. Candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye no longer has breakfast.”
The Diomaye President coalition denounces this relentlessness against its candidate. “We strongly denounce this umpteenth violation of the principle of equality between candidates in the presidential election of February 25, 2024. We call for the immediate release of Bassirou Diomaye Faye to actively participate in the election campaign.”
In any case, she stresses, «the State of Senegal has the responsibility to ensure its protection if it unjustly decides to maintain it in the bonds of detention».
In short, the Diomaye Coalition President indicates that «Macky Sall, Aissata Tall Sall and Amadou Ba will be held responsible for any attack on the physical or moral integrity of the candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye».
Source : PressAfrik
POLITICS
SENEGAL – 100.000 Housing: Ismaila Madior Fall á Bambilor for the inauguration
This Friday, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Senegalese from outside, Ismaila Madior Fall, accompanied by Minister Annette Ndiaye Seck, will inaugurate the “City of the Diaspora” in Bambilor. This project aims to prevent the creation of new slums and encourage the mass production of accessible housing.
According to the Observer, the aim is to boost and diversify the supply of housing for low-income and/or irregular households, while facilitating access to adapted bank financing. With a clear vision of strengthening the construction ecosystem, this initiative demonstrates the commitment of the Senegalese government to its diaspora.
The 100,000 units planned in this project were developed in partnership with the Senegalese government and its collaborators, seeking to meet the specific housing needs and concerns of Senegalese living abroad.
Source: PressAfrik
POLITICS
SENEGAL – Thione Niang “I have no program, I have a vision”
Social entrepreneur Thione Niang is a candidate in the February 2024 election. In this exclusive interview, he reveals his vision, his projects in particular, “Give One project”, “JeufZone” which includes an agricultural component, training but also women’s empowerment.
It was an opportunity for the social entrepreneur to look back on his beginnings, on the process of returning to his country of origin, Senegal. He addressed the political question: his involvement in the political ring while giving his opinion on the Senegalese political landscape.
African politics is another aspect of this interview. The urgency of the industrialization of the continent, the urgency of helping African youth so that they have the same opportunities for development as other young people in the world, is close to his heart.
On the question of the African school, Thione Niang proposes a redesign of it, starting with a paradigm shift and especially the content of the teachings. According to him, we must return to our fundamentals, namely our own models of identity representations, notably Cheikh Anta Diop or Nkrumah.
Thione Niang, also told us about vision, his vision and not a program, to give each Senegalese what he deserves both in terms of education, health, but also on the development of infrastructure, which, according to him, necessarily passes first and foremost through food self-sufficiency, hence his return to the land for an assertive agricultural progress.
He ended up sending a strong message to all Senegalese.
The rest of the interview on this link:
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