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Towards a political reconfiguration, with the announcement of President Macky Sall who is considering an amnesty “for people who have lost their right to vote”. No name has been specified, but all eyes are on opponents Karim Wade – son of the former president, in exile in Qatar – and Khalifa Sall, former mayor of Dakar. Both were excluded from the political game following court convictions, “conspiracies” according to them. Sign of openness or maneuver to divide the opposition?
With our correspondent in Dakar, Charlotte Idrac
Radio silence from the two main interested parties, who did not speak publicly following the announcement of a possible amnesty. But the Senegalese Democratic Party of Karim Wade very quickly rejected this possibility.
« We believe that amnesty does not whitewash people, believes Nafissatou Diallo, communication officer of the PDS. Amnesty is a collective amnesia that we are asked to do on facts. While we judge Karim Wade to be innocent. Karim Wade was judged unfairly by the Crei, which is an illegal court. »
Nafissatou Diallo even assures that if an amnesty law is presented to the Assembly, the PDS will not vote for it, “ because it’s a matter of dignity ». « We can revise the trial, we can find ways and means to clear it completely “, supports the communication officer of the PDS.
Approach of ” relaxation For some, welcome following the tight results of the legislative elections… Purely political strategy for others, before the presidential election of 2024, to put spokes in the wheels of Ousmane Sonko, who is the number one opponent.
According to Thierno Bocoum, president of the Agir movement, the Head of State ” is in political calculations », « but it is most appropriate to restore justice for these two leaders following having deliberately infringed on their rights » he writes, « better late than never ».
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