Published on : 26/06/2022 – 22:19
In Senegal, reactions have been linked since Sunday, June 26 in the camp of the majority since the publication of the tweet of Olivier Faure, first secretary of the socialist party in France. He demands the release of the opposition deputies arrested during the last demonstration on June 17. Déthié Fall and Mame Diarra Fam should also be tried this Monday, June 27, in the morning, at the Dakar court, in particular for “illegal assembly”.
With our correspondent in Dakar, Thea Olivier
In a tweet published on Saturday evening, Olivier Faure denounces a “ freedom to demonstrate hampered ” and an ” instrumentalized justice in Senegal, before asking for the release of opposition figures arrested during the demonstration on June 17. The boss of the French Socialist Party thus assures that “ Senegalese democracy is trampled ».
Senegalese democracy is trampled on. The freedom to demonstrate is hampered, justice exploited. Opposition deputies DETHIE FALL, MAME DIARRA FAM, BARA DOLLY MBACKÉ and Mayor AMETH AÏDARA must be released#Free_Senegal #Stop_Macky_Sall
— Olivier Faure (@faureolivier) June 25, 2022
Words that quickly made the majority camp react in Senegal. In a comment on Twitter, Serigne Mbaye Thiam, Minister of Water and Sanitation, was indignant that ” the paternalistic reflexes of lesson givers arise “, as it’s regarding ” from a formerly colonized country ».
Father Mahaw Diouf, spokesperson for the Benno Book Yaakar presidential coalition, demands then: “ When will the end of this mental neocolonialism which allows you to meddle in the internal affairs of our country? »
Aymerou Gningue, president of the majority parliamentary group, split a press release: ” We thought of those bygone days, of seeing French politicians (…) interfering in our internal policies with so much lightness. »
The deputy has already planned to contact the France-Senegal parliamentary friendship group.