Mamoudou Ibra Kane criticizes constitutional revision vote and actions of state authorities
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Mamoudou Ibra Kane, leader of the Demain c鈥檈st maintenant movement, has strongly reacted to the National Assembly's adoption of the bill to revise the Constitution. He criticized both the procedure leading to the vote and the attitude of the highest state authorities. Kane stated that the text was adopted "forcibly" due to Pastef's "mechanical majority," and denounced incidents during the plenary session, including the expulsion of Deputy Abdou Mbow by gendarmes and the arrests of opponents and civil society members outside Parliament. He also questioned the timing of the President's communication regarding his favorable opinion on a referendum, noting that President Bassirou Diomaye Faye only made his position public during the plenary session, despite having reportedly transmitted it days earlier to the National Assembly President. Kane believes neither the Head of State nor the Assembly President informed Senegalese citizens of this position before the debates, drawing a parallel with the 2024 dissolution of the National Assembly. The former journalist asserted his conviction that Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Ousmane Sonko pursue the same political strategy, stating, "Faye and Sonko, it's the same donkey!" He believes that after jointly gaining power, they will do everything to retain it. Kane concluded by calling on opponents and citizens, whom he described as "resistors," to mobilize further against the current political situation.
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