In an electric political context less than a year from the presidential election, more than a hundred intellectuals signed a platform addressed to the Senegalese president. Fatou Sow, Boubacar Boris Diop, Sophie Bessis or even Mamadou Diouf challenge the Head of State on a “ violation of rights » and the « instrumentalization of justice »,
With our correspondent in Dakar, Charlotte Idrac
They or they are academics, writers, or even journalists from Senegal, the United States, France, or Canada… The signatories say they speak “ beyond their ideological, political or cultural divergences and differences “. They condemn restrictions on citizens’ freedom of movement », and the « continual instrumentalization of justice “.
Among them, Amadou Tidiane Wone, former Senegalese Minister of Culture: “ Actions that are taken suggest that there is a resumption of justice, including the prosecution. We have the increasingly exacerbated feeling that there is really a stranglehold on a certain number of procedures, in particular political ones. »
For the signatory personalities, “ a real threat weighs on the stability and social peace of the country “. They launch a appeal to reason to President Macky Sall. “ The initiative, from our point of view, continues Amadou Tidiane Wone, must come from the Head of State, because he has exorbitant powers which allow him to say :“Ok, let’s calm down, this is what we must put on the table as a modus operandi for a constructive dialogue”. By pulling on the rope, it may break. »
The government has regularly denied any interference in judicial proceedings. After three dismissals, Ousmane Sonko’s defamation trial is scheduled for March 30.
Ousmane Sonko’s Pastef party on Wednesday denounced the arrest of the boss of the Suma Assistance clinic, where the opponent was hospitalized after the clashes that occurred on his way to court on March 16. No reason has been specified at this stage from police or judicial sources. The national secretary for communication of the Pastef, El Malick Ndiaye, was also summoned to the Urban Security this afternoon.