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”.
