By RFIPosted on 06-01-2020Modified on 06-01-2020 at 00:04
Former Dakar mayor Khalifa Sall will pay a visit this Monday afternoon to members of the National Resistance Front, the FRN, which brings together part of the opposition. It is the last stage of his political tour. Khalifa Sall has already met Ousmane Sonko this Friday and former President Abdoulaye Wade in late December.
Khalifa Sall meets those who supported him, directly or indirectly, during his two and a half years of detention. This Friday, the man met Ousmane Sonko . An exchange, a courtesy visit where we finally talked a lot about politics.
According to one of the witnesses, close to Khalifa Sall, Ousmane Sonko has not closed the door to a possible coalition with the former mayor of Dakar against the government, with a view to the upcoming elections. The locals, whose date is not known, then the legislative elections of 2022. For the moment nothing has been fixed: according to a member of Ousmane Sonko's team, it is even much too early to talk about an alliance…
Khalifa Sall casts a wide net: former head of state Abdoulaye Wade was also given a visit. After the interview, the leader of the Senegalese Democratic Party said in a press release that he was " ready to support all initiatives that are of national interest to Senegal ".
With these interviews, the former mayor of Dakar poses as a unifier above the cleavages. The beginnings in any case of an " active " return to politics, assured those around him, more than three months after his release.
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