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Published on 2024-03-27 15:28:33
Nathalie Yamb has praised Ousmane Sonko, the leader of the Pastef party. According to the activist, the opposition leader did not lament his defeat in 2019; instead, he campaigned every day, starting from the day after the election, presenting, explaining, refining, and popularizing his societal project throughout the country.
I see people here eagerly anticipating “democratic alternation” in Senegal, lamenting phrases like “what have we done to deserve these same old people for X years.”
I would like to remind you that the Senegalese people bravely rose up twelve years ago to impose alternation when Abdoulaye Wade attempted a third term. All these hopes were dashed by the murderous drift taken by the Macky Sall regime, but they did not sit on their heels lamenting their fate.
The Senegalese people rose up once again, risking their lives. More than thirty of them even lost their lives, several hundreds bear the scars, over a thousand were imprisoned for weeks, months, and years to compel alternation.
Ousmane Sonko did not lament his defeat in 2019; he campaigned every day, starting from the day after the election, presenting, explaining, refining, and popularizing his societal project throughout the country.
He did not wait until 6 weeks before the election to distribute t-shirts or buy votes with 2000 CFA francs and a baseball cap.
He did not accuse other opposition members who did not form a coalition with him of being traitors or tribalists. Instead, he put his supporters and sympathizers to work on the ground to convince people to register on electoral rolls and go vote.
He did not block the candidacies of his supporters to prevent them from competing in local elections.
He did not advocate for boycotting the presidential election on the pretext that if he is not a candidate, then no one else should be. He designated someone else in his party to carry the project, campaigned for him, and helped him win.
You celebrate rags and envy towels. A Bantu wisdom says that the way you shout in the forest is the same way the echo responds to you.
Read the original article(French) on Senegal Direct
