All gatherings have been banned by the prefecture, among other things for “ risk of public disorder “.
With our correspondent in Dakar, Charlotte Idrac
New calls for demonstrations have been launched for this Saturday and Sunday in Dakar, in particular by the Pastef party of Ousmane Sonko, to demand his ” release “. The opponent, sentenced on June 1 to two years in prison, is still stuck at his home in Dakar, ” held captive according to his coalition. The leaders of Yewwi Askan Wi spoke for the first time this Friday, June 16 since the violence at the beginning of the month.
The Askan Wi coalition takes a date: a mobilization is announced for ” release Ousmane Sonko “, according to Déthié Fall of the Republican Party for Progress: “ Yewwi Askan Wi has unanimously decided to visit President Ousmane Sonko on June 25 and release him from this incomprehensible blockade. »
The day after the government press conferencewho denounced a “ enterprise of destabilization Yewwi Askan Wi accuses the authorities of untruths “: ” they served the people and the international community with a sluggish speech with often far-fetched arguments, visibly embarrassed because we know it, they are mostly haunted by the death of these young Senegalese, who fell between 2021 and 2023 said Cheikh Tidiane Dièye, a member of the coalition.
The president of the Yewwi Askan Wi leaders’ conference, Habib Sy, called on foreign partners to support a request for an international investigation, with a particular message addressed to Paris: the French State, whose interests and investments have been seriously damaged, this is not an anti-French sentiment. The government always promises investigations that do not succeed. »
Not a word about the absence of Khalifa Sall, founding member of the coalition. The former mayor of Dakar is taking part in the ongoing national dialogue initiated by the Head of State. An approach rejected by Yewwi Askan Wi.
President Macky Sall affirmed that he will address the Nation after the end of this dialogue, which must end ” no later than June 25 “.