Question 37279 — foreign policy

Summary

Mr. Jean-Paul Lecoq draws the attention of the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs to the popular movements of political and social protest which have been taking place since March 3, 2021 in Senegal. The protest, which draws its dynamism from a deep evil, that of a rise in injustices, inequalities, freedoms called into question and a Senegalese youth who finds themselves in a social and economic impasse, has as its element triggering the arrest of Ousmane Sonko, opponent of the President of the Republic of Senegal Macky Sall. Arrested for alleged rape, then for disturbing public order, the successive reasons for the accusation do not seem to convince many Senegalese, who see it as a political opportunity for the power in place. This affair raises even more questions as opposition party activists, association leaders, trade unionists are arrested on more than questionable grounds and sometimes preventively. Even if it is not up to the French state or a member of parliament to comment on the veracity of the facts, it is clear that this arrest triggered a much broader political and social protest movement than this affair. This despair, rather than being taken into account, discussed collectively and identified in order to understand this that the Senegalese experience on a daily basis, is attacked head-on by those in power, which aggravates the situation. He asks him what he intends to do in order to show all of France's solidarity with the Senegalese people, who aspire to dialogue and wish to put an end to repression, arbitrary arrests, deaths and injuries and call for respect for their fundamental rights.

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