"Si ça continue comme ça…”: Le grand coup de gueule de Sonko en plein conseil interministériel
Ousmane Sonko is deeply dissatisfied with the way judicial cases related to accountability are currently being handled. He voiced his concerns this Thursday during an interministerial council meeting. Indeed, while the Minister of Justice, Yassine Fall, was presenting an update on the infrastructure deficit in her department and the irregularities in certain construction projects, the Prime Minister waited until she had finished her presentation before interrupting her.
“Madam Minister, what is the justice system doing? Sometimes I have my doubts. I ask myself, is it really necessary to do all that we're doing?” he challenged the Minister of Justice. Then, seemingly exasperated, Ousmane Sonko pressed on: “In this country, you can get away with anything and you're well protected. The system is intact, people have done whatever they want, billions have been squandered, and there have been no legal repercussions,” the Prime Minister fumed.
Ousmane Sonko reminded his minister that this was precisely why they were brought to power. In other words, to assign responsibility: “But if things continue like this, it's pointless. We shouldn't keep asking Senegalese people to make the same efforts to refinance the same projects, while some people have pocketed billions and are roaming the country. It makes no sense,” he thundered.
What seemed to outrage the head of government was that even projects within the Ministry of Justice itself had not escaped these malpractices: “If the justice system itself is being targeted, Madam Minister, I don’t know what you are doing with these cases,” he insisted. He informed her that no legal action had yet been initiated in these matters. For him, their approach must be logical and consistent to maintain a degree of credibility with the Senegalese people.
Yassine Fall's assurances
Yassine Fall then spoke again to assure her that the entire Ministry of Justice, under her leadership, is committed to ensuring that “those who are guilty are held accountable for their actions.” This is true even if there are structural difficulties. “But we are working on it, and God willing, we will be able to achieve satisfactory results for the Senegalese people,” she affirmed.
But Sonko doubled down. While encouraging renegotiations to allow for the construction of new prisons, he clarified that this did not preclude the imperative of assigning responsibility, especially to public officials such as ministers and directors general of both the previous and current regimes. “Responsibility must be established and punishment must be meted out,” insisted Ousmane Sonko, who even alluded to a certain “judicial sabotage.”
A “judicial sabotage” allegation
What the prime minister wants is for him to be briefed on each case so that it can be publicly denounced. “Because the files do not belong to a magistrate, regardless of the functions he uses,” he says.
“And I believe we will raise our voices soon because the files do not belong to the magistrates, do not belong to the prime minister or the president of the Republic, they belong to all Senegalese,” the prime minister insisted to close the window.
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