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M2D staged demonstrations on Friday, June 11 in Dakar, Diourbel and Ziguinchorp to demand the release of detainees following the riots in March last year. Violence that had left at least 13 dead in connection with the trial against Ousmane Sonko. The coalition between political parties and civil society organizations supporting him, the demonstrations were suspended after mediation by the caliph general in Mourides. But M2D intends to keep up the pressure.
as reported from Dakar, Charlotte idrac
Hat on his head and scarf in the colors of Senegal around his neck, Ousmane Sonko quotes one by one the names of the prisoners described as “politicians” who were arrested three months ago.
On the platform installed on the Place de l’Obélisque, the opponent once again accuses the power of instrumentalizing justice. “The battle continues,” he said. A new event is already planned for June 23.
After a pause, the M2D therefore withdraws its troops and denies the government, which had mentioned the existence of “hidden forces” during the riots. “There have never been ‘terrorists’ here,” exclaims its coordinator Cheikh Tidiane Dièye.
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Is this the end of the mediation led by the Caliph’s general for Mourides? For Chérif Souleymane, who presents himself as a religious guide, the ball is in the president’s court. “Macky Sall, he does not hear, he does not listen to anyone. This is phase A. The second phase will be worse than that. “
With a view to the next local elections, in January 2022, mobilization must also continue in the elections, according to Maïmouna Dièye, President of the Women of Pastef, the party of Ousmane Sonko. “These elections will be an opportunity for the Senegalese people to show Macky Sall that he has shown his limits. We want something else. ”
The movement once again demands that by-elections be held until 2022, before the presidential election in 2024. On Saturday, President Macky Sall will begin a new tour inland, in the north, in the Saint-Louis and Matam regions.
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