L'opposant sénégalais Ousmane Sonko et son colistier, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, qui est candidat à la présidentielle, ont été libérés de prison jeudi soir, à dix jours du scrutin, ce qui a entraîné la joie de milliers de Dakarois descendus spontanément dans les rues de la capitale.
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00:00 Opposition Senegalese Ousmane Sonko and his collaborator, Bassirou Dioméfaï, who is
00:04 a presidential candidate, were released from prison Thursday evening, ten days after the
00:08 hearing, which led thousands of Dakar fans to spontaneously descend the streets of the
00:13 capital.
00:14 "They came out in front of us.
00:16 That's it," said one of their lawyers to the AFP, Maitre Chekour Essibat.
00:20 A journalist from the AFP saw a 4x4 moving away in a procession from the prison of Cap Manuel
00:25 through a considerable crowd, drawn by the news of the release, shortly before midnight,
00:30 local and GMT.
00:31 Two hours later, as the procession progressed slowly in Dakar, journalists from the AFP
00:37 saw Bassirou Dioméfaï, in blue tunic and white cap, saluting the crowd by smiling from
00:42 the roof opening of his car surrounding his procession.
00:44 "We saw your support and your solidarity.
00:47 We are very happy," he said, before adding "Sonko is free" and announcing the
00:53 holding of a press conference on Friday.
00:55 Ousmane Sonko was not visible in Mr. Faille's convoy.
00:59 Main actor of a murderous arm with power since 2021, Mr. Sonko has been disqualified
01:05 from the presidential election by the Constitutional Council in January.
01:09 His camp, with its assent, designated Mr. Faille as a candidate in his place.
01:14 Mr. Faille's candidacy is one of the 19 held for the March 24 scrutiny.
01:20 The release of the prison of the Manuel Cap, the eighth upheaval of the Sonko saga, injects
01:25 a new reactive to the unknown effects in the upcoming electoral campaign.
01:28 The training power commonly lent to Mr. Sonko and his popularity among young people
01:33 are likely to influence the dynamics.
01:35 Even before the release of the prison, whose news spread like a powder keg on
01:40 social networks, crowds of Dakar fans descended into the streets to celebrate, sing
01:45 and dance.
01:46 Cars and pedestrians waving Senegalese flags have invaded the access road to the prison
01:50 of the Manuel Cap, south of the capital, where the two opponents were detained.
01:54 "Noun Sonko la nous bug, nous, c'est Sonko que nous aimons", they shouted their supporters
01:59 in Wolof near the prison.
02:00 It's incredible.
02:02 A compact crowd rushed to the house of Ousmane Sonko, in another neighborhood
02:08 of the capital a few kilometers away.
02:10 It's joy.
02:11 It's incredible.
02:13 They released Ousmane Sonko, exulted Mamadou Mbalo Mané, 31 years old.
02:19 Mr. Sonko, 49, founder and president of the PASTEF party, has been in custody since
02:25 July 28, 2023.
02:27 His arrest completed more than two years of force relations with the government and
02:31 justice, which resulted in various episodes of heures, looting and looting.
02:35 The release of Mr. Sonko and Mr. Fay, who for many people embodies the rupture with
02:41 the Makisal presidency and economically challenging years, was anticipated as a major event
02:45 several days after the adoption, on March 6, of an amnesty law voted to instigate
02:50 President Makisal.
02:52 Senegal was then going through a serious crisis caused by the report of the presidential election
02:56 and the head of state said he was looking for "peace" around the election, after three
03:00 years of political unrest.
03:02 We do not know if Mr. Sonko and Fay were released on the basis of the amnesty law.
03:07 But their release coincides with the delay in the application of the law.
03:11 Mr. Sonko has filed for candidacy for his number 2, Bassirou Diomefay.
03:16 The PASTEF general secretary has been in custody since April 2023.
03:21 He has been charged with "outrage to magistrates, defamation and acts of nature to compromise
03:26 public peace", according to one of his lawyers, after the broadcast of a critical message
03:31 against justice in the Sonko case.