Me Moussa Diop à Ousmane Sonko : « Moi, je respecte la Justice »
In an interview with L'Observateur, Moussa Diop discussed his summons to the Dakar Urban Security Police, from which he was released late that evening due to a procedural error. The lawyer strongly denounced the disregard for the regulations governing his profession, asserting that "a public prosecutor cannot summon a lawyer" and that only the Attorney General's Office has this prerogative.
A procedural flaw at the heart of the blockage
The lawyer maintains that his summons was "irregular from the outset." He cites Article 46 of the judicial convention between France and Senegal, as well as the law of January 4, 1984, to remind everyone that his status as a lawyer grants him jurisdictional privilege. According to him, the investigators ignored the mandatory formalities.
"The summons says 'Maître' (Lawyer). Then, a police officer summons me. That's illegal; it's the Public Prosecutor's Office that should do it."
He also describes his time spent at the police station as "arbitrary detention", deploring a "de facto custody" without notification of his rights.
The origin of the dispute with Ousmane Sonko
The member of the "Diomaye-President" coalition directly links his legal troubles to his recent statements concerning the Prime Minister. He claims that the latter took legal action in a personal matter after Mr. Diop mentioned his alleged associations: "What is deplorable is simply that Ousmane Sonko has taken a personal matter to the Attorney General's office."
Macky Sall's former associate stands by his position: "I regret nothing. I have proof of what I said. We're going to get to the heart of the matter." He also clarifies that he never called Ousmane Sonko homosexual, but only pointed to "connections" within that milieu to explain the lack of criminalization of homosexuality.
Why bother answering?
When questioned about his reasons for turning up despite the blatant irregularity of the procedure, the interviewee for the Groupe Futurs Médias newspaper explained that he wanted to present the authorities with a "fait accompli." He asserted that by refusing to answer, he risked allowing law enforcement to arrest him at his home.
"I am a law-abiding citizen. I am not one of those who, when summoned, go and hide over there in Casamance," he declared, adding that he wanted to tell them "eye to eye" that their approach was illegal.
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