This Thursday, the trial between Mame Mbaye Niang and Ousmane Sonko opens. While we do not know for the moment if the leader of Pastef will make the trip to court, the newspaper Liberation announces the position that his lawyers will take before the judge. A posture the opposite of what Mame Mbaye Niang wishes.
Indeed, according to the media, the lawyers of Ousmane Sonko will ask for the dismissal of this trial on the grounds that they have not received the summons from the prosecutor. But, according to the source, Mame Mbaye Niang’s camp does not want this dismissal. Indeed, his counsel will plead for the holding of the hearing this Thursday.
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However, according to the release, the judges should follow Ousmane Sonko’s lawyers and postpone the trial.
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