Réponse du Mouvement des étudiants Jëf Jël à Ousmane Sonko : "L'université est un sanctuaire, non un commissariat !"
"While the university community is still mourning the tragic death of our comrade Abdoulaye Ba and while well-intentioned elders – like Generation 88 and civil society – are making immense efforts to re-establish dialogue, the Prime Minister (Ousmane Sonko) has just dealt a violent blow to the hope of pacification."
These remarks come from the Jëf Jël student movement, which emphasizes that "by his statement this evening in the National Assembly, the head of government has chosen provocation, threats and security overbidding in the face of a youth that is simply demanding dignity, the payment of its scholarships and the right to study".
The Jëf Jël student movement denounces this "deliberate attempt to militarize the university space." According to them, "to claim that the social campus is 'a neighborhood like any other' and to announce the establishment of a police station there is to openly flout Law No. 94-79, which guarantees university freedoms and liberties."
The Jëf Jël students remind us that "the history of our country is clear: the permanent presence of law enforcement on campus has never been a solution. It is a constant source of tension and the trigger for the tragedies that cost the lives of Balla Gaye, Fallou Sène and now Abdoulaye Ba".
They say "no" to the transformation of Cheikh Anta Diop University into a police re-education camp. Because "the students are not the problem. They are suffering the consequences of an education system on its last legs. Brandishing the threat of a punitive relocation to mask the government's inability to resolve the vital issue of scholarships and student services is an unacceptable cop-out. Empathy and dialogue cannot be decreed with batons."
Faced with this discourse which "short-circuits any peaceful solution and risks plunging our higher education into chaos", the Jëf Jël student movement solemnly calls for the exclusive arbitration of the President of the Republic.
He reiterated that it is the responsibility of the Head of State to "take back control, to stop this dangerous drift towards authoritarianism, and to listen attentively to those working towards a peaceful resolution." He then demanded "absolute and exclusive respect for academic freedom"; "the immediate abandonment of the police station project on campus"; and "the convening of genuine university forums for structural, human, and inclusive reforms."
These students from Jëf Jël refuse to have "(their) future sacrificed on the altar of blind force", because "the university will remain the light of the Republic!".
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