Birane Niang is the PASTEF coordinator in the 93. He explains that he was the first in the department in 2016, compared to 700 members today. Sweatshirt and cap flocked with “Diomaye President 2024”, he chants: “Sovereignty, separation of powers, rule of law, these are Sonko’s objectives” . Birane Niang is delighted with a politicization of the youth. “Since Sonko, young people have started to take an interest in politics. My children born here will still vote, parents have to convince their children to go.”
During his 12 years in office President Sall’s policy
consisted of investing massively in the country’s public infrastructure. The inauguration of the TER (Regional Express Train), a sort of modern RER that connects Dakar to its suburbs, is the flagship example. But according to Doctor Bamba Diagne, a lecturer and researcher at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, interviewed by France 24, the unemployment rate has gone from “12% in 2012 to around 23% today (…) Humanity is what is missing from President Macky Sall’s record ,” he says.
Abdoulaye Ba, delegate of the Coordination of Undocumented Immigrants 75 (CSP75). ©DarioNadal
“At first, Sonko had good ideas, but then I backed down. I tunisia phone number library understood that he was only interested in power.”
Abdoulaye Ba, delegate of the Coordination of Sans-Papiers 75 (CSP75) does not share the same opinion. “Sonko makes populist speeches, breaking with France will not solve all the problems. What he wants to do is sow chaos, destabilize the country. He calls for violence and does not offer any rational solution. This is not reassuring,” he says.
Since the election date was announced
he explains that he has been mobilizing “night and day” on social media, participating in online debates after work. “Many around me want to vote for Sonko, I respect their choice.” Having arrived in France in 2017 and regularized in 2019, he has since campaigned to are you going to make a revolution by surfing with the arc browser? defend his undocumented comrades “who are hiding and living in constant fear.”
“In 2019, I campaigned for PASTEF in Paris. At first, Sonko had great ideas, but atb directory then I backed down. I understood that he was only interested in power,” recalls Abdoulaye Ba. He explains that he supports Amadou Ba, the presidential party’s candidate, but wants to keep a freedom of mind. “I am free, if the government does something good, I take it, and the same for the opposition.” Abdoulaye Ba had planned to go to Senegal for the election initially scheduled for February 25 and will not be able to vote on Sunday, as he is not registered on the expatriate electoral lists.
