Opposants Sonko et Faye libérés au Sénégal

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L'opposant sénégalais Ousmane Sonko et son protégé, le candidat indépendant à l'élection présidentielle du 24 mars, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, ont été libérés de prison jeudi à Dakar, selon l'un de leurs avocats. - L'info en continu  https://buzzplus.fr/ Infos, news & actualités - L'information internationale en direct.

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00:00 Opposition Senegalese Ousmane Sonko and his protégé, the independent candidate for the

00:04 presidential election on March 24, Bassirou Dioméfaï, were released from prison on

00:09 Thursday in Dakar, according to one of their lawyers.

00:11 The parliament adopted on March 6 a bill of amnesty requested by Maki Sal.

00:16 Their first statement is scheduled for Friday at a press conference.

00:20 Their release triggered scenes of lies in Dakar Thursday evening.

00:25 Opposition Senegalese Ousmane Sonko and his second Bassirou Dioméfaï, presidential candidate

00:30 in Senegal, were released from prison ten days after the election.

00:33 Friday, March 15, Senegal has been waiting for the first speech of the anti-system opponents

00:40 for months, even now to lead the presidential campaign, full of exaltation raised by their

00:44 release from prison.

00:45 "They came out in front of us.

00:47 That's it," said to the AFP one of their lawyers, Maitre Chekour Essibat.

00:53 A journalist from AFP saw a 4x4 moving away from the prison in the Cape Manuel procession

00:58 through a considerable crowd drawn by the news of the release.

01:01 Two hours later, as the procession progressed slowly in Dakar, AFP journalists saw Bassirou

01:08 Dioméfaï, in blue tunic and white cap, saluting the crowd by smiling from the roof of his

01:12 car that surrounded his procession.

01:14 "We saw your support and your solidarity.

01:17 We are very happy," he said, before adding, "Sonko is free to announce the holding of

01:23 a press conference on Friday."

01:25 Ousmane Sonko was not visible in the convoy of Bassirou Dioméfaï.

01:30 Ousmane Sonko, the main actor in a murderous arm with power since 2021, has been disqualified

01:36 from the presidential election by the Constitutional Council in January.

01:40 His camp, with its assent, designated Bassirou Dioméfaï as a candidate in his place.

01:45 Bassirou Dioméfaï's candidacy is among the 19 held for the March 24 scrutiny.

01:51 1h32.

01:52 The spontaneous gathering around the two men is the most important caused by any of the

01:57 19 candidates since the launch of the campaign.

02:00 It confirms Bassirou Dioméfaï's ability to attract and even more Ousmane Sonko, whose

02:06 name was in every mouth, although he was not the candidate.

02:09 This training effect will be put to the test of the campaign.

02:12 The official campaign opened on March 9 without the latter taking part.

02:17 Bassirou Dioméfaï was prevented from recording his messages of electoral propaganda for

02:22 public television.

02:23 Sonko campaigned for him and presented in his absence the program of a man who wants

02:28 to be the candidate for the change of system and a left-wing pan-Africanism, promises to

02:32 restore to Senegal his sovereignty and will renegotiate, if he is elected, the gas and oil

02:37 exploitation contracts as well as the defense agreements.

02:40 Celebrations in the streets of Dakar.

02:43 The release of the prison of the Manuel Cape, the ninth upheaval of the Sonko saga, injects

02:48 a new reactive to the unknown effects in the current electoral campaign.

02:52 The common training power lent to Ousmane Sonko and his popularity with

02:57 young people are likely to influence the dynamics.

02:59 Even before the release of prison, whose news spread like a powder keg on

03:04 social networks, crowds of Dakar fans descended into the streets to celebrate, sing

03:08 and dance.

03:09 Cars and pedestrians waving Senegalese flags have invaded the access road to the prison

03:14 of the Manuel Cape, south of the capital, where the two opponents were detained.

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