By RFIPosted on 09-30-2019editing 30-09-2019 at 14:51

In Senegal, Khalifa Sall was released from prison on Sunday. The former mayor of Dakar was pardoned by President Macky Sall. And this Monday, it is "the" subject on the front page of the Senegalese press.

The photo of Khalifa Sall, all dressed in white, is found this Monday in the Senegalese dailies. After the reunion on Friday between President Macky Sall and his predecessor Abdoulaye Wade , it's "Christmas before time" quips the newspaper The Survey . For Le Soleil , this " undeniably marks a decline in the political field (...), and the intervention of the Khalif General of the Mourides was the trigger ".

" The scenes of a liberation " title for its part L'Observateur . For the daily, the president makes " a strategic calculation ", he " buy a social peace " after the controversy that stirred the country on the management of gas and oil.

" Power no longer feels in danger "

Why this thaw? In the columns of L'Enquête , the editor of Le Témoin newspaper estimates that there is no longer any issue for the head of state. Khalifa Sall and Karim Wade (the son of the former president, pardoned in 2016), were serious rivals for the presidential election last February if their application was validated. Now, the head of state " no longer needs to leave Khalifa in prison or Karim in exile ".

" The power no longer feels in danger " added Walf Quotidien , but " all this is not devoid of ulterior motive. Macky Sall is skilfully executing a plan: to run for a third term, "the paper argues, for whom" the power leaves many shadows in the imprisonment of opponents ".

In any case, we will certainly " witness a redistribution of the cards " according to Sud Quotidien , which emphasizes that " Khalifa Sall and Karim Wade are free, but at this stage," neither voters nor eligible ". " Macky rules two half K ", summarizes The Daily , Khalifa K, and K Karim, both of which are waiting for an amnesty. " And there, " the paper concludes, " everything is still in Macky's hands ."

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