2023-07-12 08:37:36
Arrested following remarks concerning the succession of Senegalese President Macky Sall, opponent Birame Souleye Diop was charged on Tuesday with insulting the head of state, his lawyer announced.
Published on: 07/12/2023 – 10:37
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Birame Souleye Diop, an opponent of Senegalese President Macky Sall, was charged on Tuesday July 11, in particular for insulting the head of state, announced his lawyer, Moussa Sarr.
This president of the parliamentary group of the opposition coalition Yewwi Askan Wi and executive of Pastef, the party of Ousmane Sonko, the fiercest opponent of the head of state, “is charged with acts likely to compromise public peace , offends the President of the Republic,” his lawyer told AFP, adding that he had been placed under a warrant.
On July 3, Macky Sall announced that he would not run for a third presidential term scheduled for 2024. During a press conference the next day, Birame Souleye Diop warned of a possible reversal of the leader of State. “I warn the next candidates of the APR (the presidential party): avoid eating at his place, avoid drinking his water, he is capable of poisoning you and saying ‘As we have no more candidates, I will be back .’ And to do it à la Ouattara. Be careful,” he said, before apologizing.
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Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara had chosen Amadou Gon Coulibaly to succeed him, but the death at 61 of the latter, following heart problems, had pushed Alassane Ouattara to run for president in 2020 when he had announced that he would not want to run for a third term.
The day following this press conference, Birame Souleye Diop was arrested.
President Macky Sall’s decision not to stand for re-election has eased a very heavy political climate in Senegal. The two-year prison sentence of opponent Ousmane Sonko has caused the most serious unrest in Senegal for years, killing 16 officially, around 30 according to the opposition.
With AFP
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