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In Senegal, many citizens responded to the peaceful demonstration organized by civil society on Friday, December 30 at Place de la Nation. This to demand light and legal action on the management of funds to fight Covid-19. A report by the Court of Auditors revealed that ministries have embezzled and overcharged for nearly 10 million euros. Politicians also took part in the demonstration.
With our correspondent in Dakar, Birahim Toure
Senegalese citizens chanted in unison the slogan ” sunuy billions of rees » and Wolof « our squandered billions of CFA francs will not go unpunished at the Place de la Nation at the call of civil society leaders, such as Alioune Tine of the think tank Afrikajom Center and some opposition politicians. Among them, former Prime Minister Aminata Touré or even Biram Souley Diop, of Yewwi Askan Wi, as well as the deputies Pope Djibril Fall and Guy Marius Sagna.
Almost all of them took the floor to ask, even demand, from the Senegalese justice system that it go all the way in tracking down the authorities who were singled out in the latest report from the Court of Auditors. This showed some shortcomings deemed serious in the management of funds allocated to the fight against Covid-19a loss of more than 6 billion CFA francs (about 10 million euros).
According to the government, the amount represents barely 1% of the 1,000 billion CFA francs released by the Senegalese state to meet expenses related to the coronavirus.
Senegalese civil society demands an end to impunity after the scandal of the embezzlement of funds allocated to the fight against Covid-19
An attempt to ” minimize diversion which must not pass, according to the opposition and civil society. The organizers of the demonstration in this square, previously called Place de l’Obélisque, are calling for the resignation without delay of the ministers involved and the opening of judicial inquiries, such as recommended by the Court of Auditors.
The body officially seized the Senegalese Ministry of Justice on Thursday, December 29 to take legal action in this case.
Civil society and the opposition promise not to be amuse by the government’s attempts at explanations, and announce a series of demonstrations until this demand is met, which it considers ” citizen ».
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