Les avocats d'Ousmane Sonko, l'opposant sénégalais actuellement en prison, ont déclaré vendredi qu'il présentera sa candidature à l'élection présidentielle de février 2024 devant le Conseil constitutionnel.
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00:00 The lawyers of Ousmane Sonko, the opposing Senegalese currently in prison, declared Friday
00:05 that he will present his candidacy for the presidential election in February 2024 in
00:09 front of the Constitutional Council.
00:10 They accuse the state of seeking to "dispose" him of the scrutiny.
00:14 Two months after the presidential election in Senegal, uncertainty still plagues as
00:19 for the participation of Ousmane Sonko.
00:21 The lawyers of the opposing Senegalese in prison stated on Friday, December 22, that
00:25 he will present his candidacy for the scrutiny of February 2024 in front of the Constitutional
00:30 Council of Senegal, claiming to trust justice in the face of a state seeking, according
00:35 to them, to "dispose" him of the presidential election.
00:38 Ousmane Sonko will present his candidacy to the Constitutional Council, which is able
00:42 to judge his candidacy, said one of his lawyers, Saïd Larifou, during a press conference
00:48 in Paris.
00:49 "We are certain that the candidacy will be presented and validated.
00:52 The Constitutional Council is a legal body and not a political one," he continued.
00:58 "We are continuing our work as lawyers, until the final stage, at the level of the
01:03 procedure of the Constitutional Council, for Ousmane Sonko to be recognized as valid for
01:07 candidacy, "confirmed Oussénoufolle, from the Senegal Barreau, also present in Paris.
01:13 "We trust our justice, to some magistrates, so that they will give the right, "he
01:18 further commented, "to bring new life to the magistrates, where
01:23 honest, virtuous judges want to bring justice to the Senegalese people.
01:26 "
01:27 Legal battle
01:28 Ousmane Sonko, engaged for more than two years in a deal with the state which gave
01:34 rise to several episodes of murderous disorder, has until December 26 to file his candidacy
01:39 and collect his sponsors.
01:40 Declared guilty on June 1 of the minor's filing and sentenced to two years in prison,
01:46 he refused to appear in court and was sentenced by count UMAS.
01:50 The 49-year-old opponent, imprisoned since late July under other inculpation chiefs,
01:55 whose appeal to the insurrection, association of rapists in connection with a terrorist
01:59 enterprise and affected by the state's security, denounces his affairs and the others in which
02:03 he was put to trial as conspiring to dismiss him from the presidential election.
02:07 In mid-December, a judge reissued his candidacy by ordering his re-enrollment on the electoral
02:12 board, confirming a decision made in October by the court of Ziegenschor, which had been
02:18 broken by the Supreme Court in mid-November.
02:20 Tuesday, a representative of the opponent however claimed that he had been prevented from
02:24 retrieving sponsorship sheets from the General Elections Directorate, documents necessary
02:29 for his candidacy.
02:30 There is a deliberate refusal to apply justice decisions, never seen in a state that claims
02:36 to be entitled to comment, Master Folles.
02:38 Master Larifaux has on his side denounced a partition of the Senegalese state against
02:42 Ousmane Sonko aiming to dismiss him from the February elections.
02:46 With AFP.