Crise au Sénégal: des milliers d'opposants ont pu marcher dans le calme

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Des milliers d'opposants ont pu manifester samedi dans le calme à Dakar, signe d'apaisement au Sénégal après deux semaines de tensions liées au report de la présidentielle du 25 février, ensuite invalidé par le Conseil constitutionnel. - L'info en continu  https://buzzplus.fr/ Infos, news & actualités - L'information internationale en direct.

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00:00 Thousands of opponents were able to demonstrate on Saturday in calm in Dakar, a sign of appeasement

00:04 in Senegal after two weeks of tension linked to the report of the presidential election

00:07 on February 25, then invalidated by the Constitutional Council.

00:11 Wearing black t-shirts marked with the name of the citizen collective having called for

00:15 the "Arsounous Elections" march, "Let's protect our election" or "Draped in the colors of Senegal",

00:20 the protesters flattered signs on which one could read, in particular, "Respect for the

00:24 electoral calendar", "Name at the expense of the constitutional state", "Free Senegal".

00:29 The gendarmes encadrilled the entire sector of the march, but unlike the previous

00:33 demonstrations, forbidden, they did not wear anti-emoticon outfits.

00:37 The opposition has been shouting since early February at the "Coup d'Etat Constitutionnel".

00:42 But since the decision on Thursday of the Constitutional Council to invalidate the report of the election

00:46 on December 15 and to demand that it be held in the best possible time, which the President

00:50 Macky Sall accepted, the situation has calmed, as evidenced by the authorization of this

00:55 demonstration.

00:56 "The word of order today is mobilization," Malik Gakou, presidential candidate

01:01 who participates in the march, declares.

01:03 "The State of Senegal no longer has the right to error and it must organize the election

01:07 in March so that the transfer of office between President Sall and the new president can

01:11 be made on April 2, the date of the end of the mandate of the head of state.

01:15 "The President's decision to conform to the advice of the Constitutional Council

01:19 removes a lot of stress for us ", says in the crowd Maestro Elkangam, 34-year-old

01:24 man, draped in the colors of Senegal.

01:26 "Personally, I don't trust him and I'm waiting to see if he will respect his word,

01:31 if he does, he will at least come out through the front door, however, he nuances.

01:34 "I am proud to see today that all Senegalese are united for the same goal,

01:40 to hold the elections as quickly as possible.

01:42 We are ready to elect a new president, "rejoices Sheikh Ahmed Tidiane Gueye, sitting in a

01:48 rolling chair.

01:49 Dressed as a dirty dictator, Sonko released a crowd of men, women of all ages, children,

01:55 in a festive atmosphere.

01:56 Although absent, Ousmane Sonko, leader of the imprisoned opposition, very popular with

02:02 young people, is omnipresent among the marchers who sing the famous song "Sonko Namna Allah,

02:07 Sonko you miss us".

02:09 Previous demonstrations organized to oppose the departure and the vote of deputies

02:13 setting the date of the scrutiny on December 15, all banned, had led to violence

02:18 and many arrests.

02:19 Three people were killed on February 9.

02:23 Inclusive elections, free?

02:25 The international community has expressed its concern and called for the fastest possible

02:30 holding of the presidential election.

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