Senegal: shock after the slap against a deputy during a fight in the Assembly

The facade of the National Assembly of Senegal (illustration).

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In Senegal, many reactions of indignation after violence against a deputy Thursday, December 1 in the National Assembly: Amy Ndiaye, of the majority, was slapped by an elected official of the opposition.

The session, devoted to the budget of the Ministry of Justice, was suspended.

The tension had risen in recent days in the hemicycle, where the majority and the opposition are now neck and neck.

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With our correspondent in Dakar,

The images made the rounds of television and social networks: in the middle of the session, the deputy Massata Samb of the PUR party - member of the opposition coalition Yewwi Askan Wi - goes resolutely towards Amy Ndiaye and slaps her.

" 

 ," says the President of the Assembly.

It's a crowd, Amy Ndiaye responds by throwing a chair and another elected official kicks her in the stomach... while the MP is pregnant, according to her colleagues.

After a resumption of the session, the deputy became unwell and was evacuated from the hemicycle.

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During a budget presentation, opposition member of parliament Massata Samb slapped Amy Ndiaye Gniby of the ruling Benno Bokk Yakaar (@BBYSenegal) coalition.

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— Gurbaksh Singh Chahal (@gchahal) December 2, 2022

On Sunday, an altercation had already shaken the Assembly, after remarks by Amy Ndiaye against the religious leader Serigne Mustapha Sy, a member of the opposition.

In the Wolof language, she notably accused him of not keeping his word.

A “ 

 ”, according to the Yewwi Askan, Wi coalition which had demanded a public apology.

“ 

 ", launched yesterday the women of the parliamentary group of the parliamentary majority Benno Bokk Yaakaar who condemn "

" against their colleague " 

 ", and this in the midst of the campaign of sixteen days of activism against violence against women. women, supported by the UN.

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