Souleymane Jules Diop: “It is in our interest that Sonko’s rights are respected…”
Souleymane Jules Diop: “It is in our interest that Sonko’s rights are respected…”
Khalil Kamara
Nov 12, 2023 at 3:06 p.m.
Souleymane Jules Diop wants Sonko’s rights to be “totally respected”.
Senegal's ambassador to UNESCO was the guest of the RFM's “Grand Jury” program, this Sunday, November 12, 2024.
Sonko’s “mistake”…
For Souleymane Jules Diop, the leader of Pastef made a mistake, that of not showing up for his trial in the case between him and the masseuse Adji Sarr. The Senegalese ambassador to UNESCO, who specifies that Sonko was tried in absentia, recalls that the latter did not appear voluntarily.
He finds, to this end, that it was an error on his part. “And there is what the electoral code provides in Article L29 and L41. What is planned is that the person who is automatically removed from the electoral rolls can no longer elect and can no longer be elected. I spoke about it to someone in his camp at the time, telling him that it would be the mistake of his life. Tell him to introduce himself. You have seen trials in France against a former president who says he is the victim of political maneuvers,” he recalled.
On the fringes of the Republic…
He continues: “You have seen it in the United States, in serious charges which can earn them up to 5 years of imprisonment. They went to court to denounce what is happening to them. They went to court to defend their case.
In my opinion, from the moment Ousmane Sonko says: 'I do not recognize the institutions, I am not going to respond to justice...', he is on the margins of the Republic."
Respect for Sonko’s rights…
However, he expressed his wish that Sonko's rights “be fully respected”.
He believes that, “for those of us who are there, for those of us who are actors in public life, it is in our interest that the rights of Ousmane Sonko are respected totally and entirely.
And I am happy to see that despite the criticisms leveled against the Senegalese justice system, it is a justice system that functions with independent judges who have shown their independence.
Justice takes its course and we hope that in the end, the truth will be told in this matter.
Ousmane Sonko, if he has the right to run for president, he must benefit from this right and he must enjoy it completely and without restriction.
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