It is not an argument that the "politics game" in Senegal has recently witnessed a radical change, and the reason is not due to many factors, but rather to one factor, and this factor is concentrated on one person, who is the political opposition Mr. Ousmane Sonko, head of the Pastef Party ). The story of this oppositionist is the story of “who came from the farthest part of the city.” He had no precedent in political action, rather it was not among his ambitions, and it did not occur to him - even for a moment - that he would one day enter politics or become a professional in it, and rather that he would have presidential hopes and aspirations. The man was an ordinary employee working like any Senegalese citizen to develop his country and improve his living conditions. He was known for his integrity and honesty in word and deed, and for not being carried away by the pleasures of the mortal world.
Sonko was born a Muslim from a humble family that was not famous for religion, but the man strived himself to have a balance in religion, even if it was small. Unlike many of his political counterparts who graduated from "Western schools", I mean in particular students of the French language, he reads the Holy Qur'an directly from the Mushaf and improves its recitation. It seems to me that it is of a rare type, or say it is made of pure metal, which did not resemble the impurities of time and neighborhood throughout its existence in the midst of its people, a people who did not know about politics except that it is a game or a dark forest in which there is no life except for the powerful villains, who are condemned by cunning, scheming and deception, and striving forward to live At the expense of the people!!
Osman Sonko's true story began as a Muslim Sinbad on the day he was forcibly expelled from his position (tax inspector) for a strange thing he did! It is funny that he did not know at that time that the matter committed was a major sin that would be severely punished in the Senegalese political arena during the era of President Macky Sall!! And the man's fault - according to what we have learned through the media - is nothing but denouncing some financial transgressions, administrative corruption and mismanagement of the country and the people. With denunciation and denunciation, he resembles that brave lion in his courage. From this standpoint, it can be said with complete confidence that the man is seasoned and aware of the issues of his time, and proficient in investigative affairs. If his opponents know where the shoulder is being eaten from, he knows the weaknesses and weaknesses in the threads of their embezzlement networks. There is no doubt that Osman Sonko knows when, where and how to strike, so that his blow will be more severe. Perhaps this is the main reason why his opponents ambushed him in the sweet beauty salon in order to overthrow him. Last year, i.e. in March 2021, Bastev party leader and prominent member of Parliament Osman Sonko was accused of raping the 22-year-old masseuse? Adji Sarr years old. However, after her story was exposed through legal procedures on the part of the government and through the Senegalese media, her story did not find any credibility with the public, as he saw the alleged suffering that she claims to have received from the accused as mere nonsense, which is not proven when it is put to the test of scrutiny. The public was aware of the political consequences hidden behind her accusation. The truth is that the vast majority of the Senegalese people saw and still see in her accusation a deliberate plan drawn and fabricated from A to Z in order to overthrow the leader Sonko completely so that he would not participate in the presidential elections that will be held in 2024 AD, as he did with the two opposition leaders in the past, Karim Wade, and Khalifa Abu Bakr Sall . It must be said here that the plan to withdraw Sonko and permanently overthrow him from the political map was hideous and despicable. President Macky Sall and his gang did not just want to get rid of the leader as the previous opponents were eliminated. He has no ambition or hope to return again to the political arena. It should be noted here that the "Bastef" party headed by leader Sonko is not an ordinary party like his counterparts, because it resembles a Sufi order where it is headed by an obedient sheikh who does not criticize, but is almost infallible. The overwhelming political crisis in which the state of Senegal has been plunged since it gained "independence" in 1960 AD. Perhaps the heinous charge that the state is trying and is active with all its might in weaving against Sonko, which is the charge of sexual assault against the girl Aji Sarr, is what made his fans and supporters call him: (Sirin Othman Sonko his Muslim), that is, "Sheikh Othman Sonko, the pure and pure." And when they call this a phrase on him, they want on the one hand to refute the nonsense and accusations that they see as invalid, all the falsehoods attached to their sheikh and their political leader, such as the charge of sexual transgression, and on the other hand, they want to clear the man of every behavior that defames the moral mind and religion, such as lying, treason, treachery, and deception, especially the crime of bribery. Which became famous in Senegal, where it is practiced by many people in Senegalese society, especially in government circles. The man, that is, Sonko, was known and famous among his fans and supporters that, as he says about himself, he did not embezzle even once the state’s money, and he never practiced bribery, but rather he did not enter his sacred belly!
Recently, the opposition Sonko was summoned several times before the judiciary on charges that were brought against him, the most famous of which was the charge of sexual assault against the girl Aji Sar, and the charge of slander against Minister Mam Mbe Anyang, who was accused by the opposition Sonko of embezzling an astronomical amount of public money in a project assigned to him by the government.
On June 1, the Dakar court, regarding the file of threats and sexual assault against the girl Aji Sarr, acquitted opposition figure Osman Sonko.
But the strange thing is that the court sentenced him to two years in prison on a new charge. All the novelty in the file is the sexual exploitation of a young woman, and that is only to fulfill the desires of The Public Prosecutor, noting that this new charge was never present during the investigations, and rather in the discussion sessions in the corridors of the court, but it seems clear that Osman Sonko had to be excluded from the arena of participating in the 2024 presidential elections. One of the results of this unfair ruling among Sonko's supporters was that violent protests took place in many parts of the country, claiming the lives of many young people and injuring others, and extensive arrests took place in the ranks of Bastev's party and its supporters. The funny thing is that the leader Sonko has not been transferred to prison yet, but he is still detained in his house in the Keur Gorgui neighborhood in Dakar, where an impenetrable and tight fence was illegally placed around his house and he was denied the freedom to go out and contact the outside world! Since the protests and demonstrations stopped, Senegal has been plunged into dark nights, and it is not known when its morning will come and how its day will turn out.
Up to this point in the narrative, I think that there is an urgent question that arises strongly: Is there a solution to the Senegalese political crisis? The answer will certainly be in the affirmative, because the divine cosmic dualism suggests that every disease has a cure, every problem has a solution, and every crisis has a way out. It will inevitably satisfy all parties, but rather support and support the truth. First, and before delving into the depths of this political crisis and penetrating into its details, everyone must know that it is unprecedented of its kind in various respects, I mean in its magnitude and size, and in its material and human losses. Movement of life and undermining economic activities in most regions of the country. And he is not afraid that the crisis has created major cracks in the social fabric and in the state apparatus, has destroyed crops and offspring, and has burned everything and everything! There is no denying that there is no need to identify the parties responsible for the current political crisis, because if the impurity was to be washed away, then the person responsible is one known person, and that is President Macky Sall, who took over his greatness. In fact, Mackie's pride, arrogance, and contempt for his people, all of this prompted him to cling to power after this people appointed him for two presidential terms, seven years and five years, which is the legal period conferred by the law, and no one, regardless of his status and rank, has the right to transcend the law or break through its solid fence. . The responsibility of President Macky Sall for what is happening now in Senegal is determined by many aspects, and there is no doubt that the place adds a great deal of mention of the corruptions and disasters committed by his hands since he assumed power to our present time: he broke the exceptional Senegalese social contract, and shed blood that was not recorded on the The extension of Senegalese political history since 1960 AD, and more than two thousand innocent citizens were arrested on flimsy and false charges and imprisoned without any right. This is in grave danger, in addition to the victims who fell directly in the field during the confrontation with security men and state militias. In a statement published by Amnesty International calling on the Senegalese authorities to "open independent and transparent investigations immediately into the deaths of the demonstrations and protests that took place in Senegal on the 1st and 2nd of June 2023 AD, which resulted in the death of no less than 23 people, including 3 children." The aforementioned statement from the Senegalese government sheds light on the presence of armed civilians working alongside security men during the violent demonstrations that erupted in Senegal, especially in Dakar and Ziguinchor, after the Dakar court ruled on June 1 to imprison opposition figure Osman Sonko for two years on charges of sexually exploiting a young woman. Amnesty International said: The mishandling of the security forces with the demonstrators led to the death of at least 23 people and the injury of 390 people, according to the Senegalese Red Cross. In particular, the excessive use of force and attacks on freedom of expression and information.” This is with the knowledge that Macky Sall created a very dangerous thing in Senegal capable of bringing about a bloody civil war with unimaginable consequences, which is his change of administrative and governmental formation as he inserted ethnicity within it, i.e. his favoritism to the so-and-so race to which he belongs in assuming positions from the bottom to the highest levels of state apparatus. He also changed the composition of the police, the gendarmes, and the army, by inserting armed criminal gangs and militias (nervis) into their core, which do not have any legal entitlement. To appease the people's wrath!
Based on all of the foregoing, I say without arbitrariness on my part that the only thing that can be accepted from President Macky is his immediate and unconditional resignation. Nothing else will be accepted from him. How can someone stained with the blood of the Senegalese continue to lead their country after all the crimes committed and the wet lies fabricated against them? These are lies and crimes that have become the talk of the passengers, and their face has been revealed to the entire world. Any attempt or effort taken other than asking him to resign is a betrayal of the Senegalese people and a lack of respect for their demands, which were revealed by the recent violent protests. And those who make the record is that the silence of the president and his refusal to leave his cave to talk to the people after these bloody protests is nothing but stubbornness and arrogance on his part. jealousy. The president should have served this people, sought to achieve their interests and desires, and listened to their moans, not exploiting his position and the state apparatus that was between him.