In the spotlight: "high voltage line"
Audio 03:35
Demonstration on the sidelines of Ousmane Sonko's protest, in Dakar.
© Leo Correa / AP
By: Frédéric Couteau Follow
8 mins
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This is the great title of
WalfQuotidien
this morning in Dakar.
"
High voltage line
", therefore, to summarize the electric atmosphere that reigns in Senegal after the demonstrations of recent days which have killed at least 5 people.
Demonstrations following the arrest last Wednesday of the opponent Ousmane Sonko for disturbing public order.
Demonstrations which should continue this Monday as well as tomorrow and the day after tomorrow… Indeed,
WalfQuotidien
points
out
, “
the opposition and civil society have decreed three days of demonstration throughout the country.
(…) There
is still a risk of this heating up today and in the days that follow.
"
Especially since Ousmane Sonko must be heard this morning by the new investigating judge in charge of the rape case in which he would be involved.
The gendarme in charge of the investigation resigns ...
Note that the Senegalese power has to face two setbacks in this file, points out
WalfQuotidien
: “
After the withdrawal on Friday of the magistrate of the 8th cabinet, Mamadou Seck, it is the turn of Captain Oumar Touré, principal investigator of the case , to resign from the national gendarmerie.
When the judge justifies his act for personal convenience, the man in blue, he motivates his decision by accusations that he is the author of the leaked report of the investigation on social networks.
This is why, in a letter addressed to the upper hierarchy, this gendarme who has led the hearings so far, reveals to be the victim of threats from both sides.
According to him, he is followed by elements of the Senegalese National Intelligence Directorate, without knowing their real motivations.
"
Will Macky Sall speak?
In any case, this morning, an avalanche of reactions in the Senegalese press ... "
Calls for moderation are increasing
," notes the daily
Enquête, in particular the former president, Abdoulaye Wade, who calls for calm and respect for the presumption of innocence .
"
For his part, President Macky Sall could make a statement soon, still notes
Investigation
: "
The emissaries of the Caliphs General maintain that President Macky Sall has promised them to make a declaration for the appeasement of the situation of the country
", reports the newspaper.
But no confirmation for the moment from the presidency.
Avalanche of reactions ...
In the daily
24 Heures
, the stands and opinions of various and varied personalities follow one another ... "
Macky Sall activates his macabre counter on the road to 202
4", we can read.
“
Stop tyranny!
Another commentator exclaims.
“
Free Ousmane Sonko, and his companions;
please, take the height, have a spirit of going beyond
”, launches another.
“
People of Senegal, let's preserve the Senegalese nation
,” says a fourth.
"
Senegal speaks to us, let us know how to hear it
", also declares the French politician Jean-Luc Mélenchon, still in
24 Hours
.
“
The mobilization
(of the Senegalese)
is not superficial, he writes.
She comes from afar.
The protest against President Macky Sall's authoritarian drift is deep.
(…)
The hybridization between economic liberalism and political authoritarianism is the characteristic most shared by the various regimes on the planet.
Here, once again,
continues Jean-Luc Mélenchon
, everything started to go wrong with the neoliberal turn several decades ago, like almost everywhere else in the world.
"
Radicalization ?
Many reactions also in the press of the sub-region ...
"
At the pace where things are going, everything suggests that we are heading towards a radicalization of positions that could be detrimental to peace and social cohesion,
"
says
Le Pays
in Burkina Faso
.
Finally,
commentary from Ledjely in Guinea
, “
what is happening in Senegal is the result of both a certain complacency and a not insignificant dose of greed on the part of a political elite as a whole.
But it is reassuring to note that on this side, the people are still watching.
"
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