Senegal: disappointed with Abdoulaye Wade's PDS create their own political party
Oumar Sarr, the former right-hand man of Abdoulaye Wade, has decided to launch his party with other tenors of the PDS RFI / Charlotte Idrac
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Former members of the PDS, the Senegalese democratic party led by Abdoulaye Wade, have submitted their official request for the creation of the Liberals and Democrats / And Suqali (“unity for change”) party.
One more step in the divorce within the liberal formation of the former president.
What will be the positioning of this new training?
What are its ambitions?
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With our correspondent in Dakar,
Charlotte Idrac
One year after the creation of the “Suqqali Sopi” movement, the disappointed with the PDS are shifting into high gear.
At the head of the new Liberal and Democrats party / And Suqali: Oumar Sarr, former right-hand man of Abdoulaye Wade.
At his side, Master Amadou Sall and Babacar Gaye, also former tenors of the Senegalese Democratic Party, breaking with the official line against the place given to Karim Wade, son of the former president, in exile in Qatar.
"
We saw today that it was impossible to rectify the PDS as it was
," Oumar Sarr indicates.
It's not a tension with President Abdoulaye Wade, ever.
We believe that it is not normal that we can make legacies, that Karim Wade inherits the post of secretary general.
"
The new party, which calls itself "opposition", is already claiming members in most departments, and within the diaspora.
Its motto: "
freedom, ethics, and solidarity
".
In the line of sight: local elections - expected in principle before March 2021.
“
It is a center party, which believes in democracy, in Senegal, in Africa.
Who wants to realize the United States of Africa, with other parties like the MPS.
Our ambition is to build a great national party.
Our goal is to at least be among the first two parties in Senegal.
"
The organization of a first party congress was complicated by the health situation.
A press conference is announced in the coming days, to specify the program.
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