A few days after the end of a Senegalese national dialogue between the government, opposition parties and civil society actors, Saliou Sarr, national coordinator of Taxawu Senegal, returned to the participation of Khalifa Sall’s training in this event while other members of the Yewwi Askan Wi coalition did not attend. ” On this issue, we have remained consistent, straight in our boots “says Saliou Sarr, national coordinator. ” Taxawu is indeed a member of Yewwi Askan Wi “, he reaffirms elsewhere.
In Senegal, if the vagueness persists on a possible third candidacy of President Macky Sall for the election scheduled for February 2024, the horizon has cleared for two opposition figures after the national dialogue which ended on 24 June 2023.
The Political Commission has accepted the principle of a review of the trial of Karim Wade, and proposed a modification of the electoral code which would allow Khalifa Sall to present himself next year. The former mayor of Dakar is a founding member of the opposition coalition Yewwi Askan Wi, including Ousmane Sonko, who categorically rejected the dialogue initiated by the head of state.
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But for Saliou Sarr, national coordinator of Taxawu Senegal, Khalifa Sall’s party remains “anchored” in the coalition. ” In the charter of Yewwi Askan Wi, we said “we are together to have a common and unique list for the local elections, for the legislative elections, but in the presidential election, each member of Yewwi had the freedom to be a candidate ” “, he says at the microphone of Charlotte Idrac.
Saliou Sarr thus defends the participation of Taxawu Senegal in the national dialogue: “ Many Yewwi parties had said: they are not going to dialogue. As they have the freedom to say that they are not going to the dialogue, other parties could have the freedom to say: I am going to the dialogue. We understand their position, but on this issue, we have remained consistent, straight in our boots. We, we say that in a democratic country, when the majority calls for a dialogue, the opposition must respond, because it is desirable that the rules of the game be decided by consensus. »
The national coordinator insists, in conclusion: “ Taxawu Senegal, with President Khalifa Sall, he is the initiator of Yewwi, he is the one who left to contact everyone. Taxawu is one of three parties that are permanent members. Taxawu is indeed a member of Yewwi Askan Wi. »
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