The main opponent of the Senegalese government, Ousmane Sonko, launched what he himself called an “ultimatum” to President Macky Sall, ordering him to release the opposition members arrested during a day of clashes they caused, according to the most recent information , three dead.
“Mr. Macky Sall, we give you an ultimatum to free all political hostages that are in your hands”, otherwise “we will come and take these political hostages, whatever it takes,” Sonko said in a message posted on his Facebook page that night. last.
The capital Dakar and Casamance (in the south) were the scene of clashes yesterday when young people challenged the ban on gathering to protest the cancellation of a national list of opposition candidates for the legislative elections on 31 July. Compared to the two reported so far, the media and the opposition reported a third victim, a taxi driver shot dead in Casamance, even without participating in the clashes.
Source: Ansa
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