A decision of the Constitutional Council on Friday evening June 3 dismissed Ousmane Sonko and others. The latter demanded the cancellation of a decree of the minister in charge of elections who, last Tuesday, declared the list of incumbent candidates registered on the national list inadmissible. The ruling coalition “Benno bokk Yakar” whose list of alternates has also been declared inadmissible takes note and asks everyone to accept this decision.
With our correspondent in Dakar, Birahim Toure
The qualifiers used by the opposition, grouped within the coalition “Yewi askan wi”, are numerous to decry the decision of the Constitutional Council. This is ” a surprising, iniquitous decision, which today raises the ire of all the Senegalese people because no one can understand that the Constitutional Council follows the Minister of the Interior who is a partisan minister, a minister from the camp of the President of the Republic Macky Sall, whose sole purpose since then is to remove certain opposition leaders “, criticizes Dethié Fall, in seventh position on the national list, excluded from the legislative elections, and representative of the coalition.
The ruling coalition was not successful either. She asked for confirmation of her list of substitutes, which was also rejected by the Minister of the Interior. ” We must all accept the decision of the Constitutional Council and allow the Senegalese to go to the elections in the best conditions. It’s a shame that it’s the two largest coalitions that are sanctioned, but that’s also democracy “, remarks Benoit Sambou who invites everyone to reason.
The leaders of the opposition, who have not yet spoken on this case, are consulting to define the follow-up to be given to this final decision of the Constitutional Council. That said, she had anticipated by announcing a demonstration next Wednesday, June 8 in Dakar.