2023-07-12 13:52:55
In a press release, the deputies of the Yewwi Askan Wi coalition present their president as being the victim of “ the intolerance and intransigence of a punitive and instrumentalized justice “. A justice that would exclusively target opponents of President Macky Sall. The elected officials also deplore the violation of parliamentary immunity of the deputy mayor, who is also number two in Pastef, Ousmane Sonko’s party. They ask the National Assembly to request the suspension of the proceedings and of his detention!
At a press conference last week, Birame Souleye Diop had publicly called on potential ruling party candidates not to eat or drink anything at President Macky Sall’s house, at the risk of being poisoned and “ to do it à la Ouattara he said before apologizing.
A reference to the 2020 presidential election, when the Ivorian head of state was running for a third term following the sudden death of his designated dolphin Amadou Gon Coulibaly, victim of heart problems. Already at the time, rumors of poisoning were relayed on Ivorian social networks and in the streets of Abidjan.
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