2024-02-23 16:01:17
THE EDITORIAL February 23 2024 at 4:01 p.m.
During a recent interview given to media in Senegal, President Macky Sall discussed the situation of Bassirou Diomaye Faye, candidate in the presidential election whose candidacy was validated by the Constitutional Council. The president indicated that the possibility of Faye’s release was possible, specifying that this approach would depend on the candidate’s lawyers who might request provisional release. He stressed his wish not to interfere in this matter.
In response, Me Moussa Sarr, lawyer for Bassirou Diomaye Faye, expressed a divergent position during his appearance on RFM morning on Friday February 23, 2024. He mentioned that he was not considering filing a request for provisional release for his client. The lawyer stressed that if the executive power, through the Chancellery, instructed the prosecution for the release of all political detainees, including Bassirou Diomaye Faye, this would be a laudable initiative. However, he recalled that the situation of political detainees, including recent releases, was a political decision and that intervention on his part was not necessary for the release of his client.
Me Moussa Sarr insisted on the fact that the release of political detainees does not require the intervention of a lawyer, referring to the use of article 128 of the code of criminal procedure by the public prosecutor to release prisoners. detainees. He claimed to have received no mandate from Bassirou Diomaye Faye to submit a request for provisional release, deeming it unnecessary. The lawyer concluded by recalling that the arrest of his client and other political detainees was motivated by political reasons, and that their release should also be a decision of the Senegalese state, which should instruct the prosecution to this effect. .
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