Imam Cheikh Tidiane Ndao and Bah Diakhaté were sentenced to three months in prison. They will also have to pay a fine of 100,000 CFA francs. Their lawyer has decided to appeal, this “cruel verdict”.

The outcome was a double one: Imam Cheikh Tidiane Ndao and Bah Diakhaté were sentenced to three months in prison. They will also have to pay a fine of 100,000 CFA francs. A “cruel verdict”, analysed Lawyer Adama Sall. “The cruellest of verdicts, because three months seems trivial, but when you appeal, before the appeal is considered, the three months will have expired”, continues Lawyer Sall.

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However, they were acquitted of offending a person exercising one or more of the prerogatives of the President of the Republic. In this case, Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, to whom the Public Prosecutor wanted to offer judicial protection in the image of the Head of State. “The Court said that there is no dyarchy at the top of the Republic. There is a President of the Republic and a Prime Minister. The latter cannot exercise the prerogatives of the Head of State. This is important, because Ousmane Sonko believes he is the mentor of the Head of State,” adds Mr. Sall.

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However, he questions the offence of spreading false news held against his clients. “It is established in the file that Mr. Ousmane Sonko did not tell the truth about his assets and tax inspector Bassirou Diomaye Faye engaged in land speculation. Which says a lot about the values they claim to hold,” he said.

Bah Diakhaté and Imam Cheikh Tidiane Ndao were arrested by the DIC for spreading false news (article 255 of the Penal Code) and offending a person exercising all or part of the prerogatives of the President of the Republic (article 254 paragraph 2 of the Penal Code). Activist Bah Diakhaté is alleged to have made virulent remarks about Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko in a video.

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The preacher was arrested for comments he allegedly made about Lgbtq+ to the Prime Minister after Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s controversial speech on homosexuality at Cheikh Anta Diop Dakar University. As did Bah Diakhaté.

By Justin GOMIS / justin@lequotidien.sn

  • Translation by Ndey T. SOSSEH