Senegal: towards an Adji Sarr trial versus Ousmane Sonko
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Adji Sarr and Ousmane Sonko © AFP - Seyllou
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The court sent the case back to the criminal chamber.
No date has yet been set.
Since February 2021, the former employee of a massage parlor in Dakar has accused the opponent and presidential candidate of "
repeated rape and death threats
".
This case, a source of tension, contributed to the deadly riots of March 2021. Ousmane Sonko once again denounced yesterday, Thursday, a "
political plot
" assuring Thursday that his referral to court for alleged rapes would not prevent him from to be a presidential candidate in 2024. Adji Sarr's defense speaks of a "
great victory
".
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with our correspondent in Dakar
,
Charlotte Idrac
“
Masquerade
”, “
lack of evidence
”…, Ousmane Sonko spoke yesterday, in French then in Wolof, after the announcement of a trial.
According to him, “
justice is instrumentalised
”.
He directly attacks the dean of the examining magistrates Oumar Maham Diallo, who will have to – according to him – “assume all the consequences in relation
to” what could happen
“.
He is determined: “
When we go to court, justice never moves... No one can prevent me from being a candidate in 2024!
»
Adji Sarr, ex-employee of a massage parlor, filed a complaint in February 2021 “
for repeated rapes and death threats
” against opponent Ousmane Sonko, leader of the Pastef party, declared presidential candidate for 2024.
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For his part, Maître El Hadj Diouf, one of
Adji Sarr
's lawyers , spoke in turn to the press yesterday afternoon.
He calls for the live broadcast of the upcoming trial on television.
"...
There is no conspiracy, none!"
The owner of the massage parlor Ndèye Khady Ndiaye must also be judged.
It is the Public Prosecutor who will have to fix the date of the lawsuit.
Adji Sarr, a former massage parlor employee, filed a complaint in February 2021 “for repeated rapes and death threats” against opponent Ousmane Sonko, leader of the Pastef party.
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