For Sonko, his last dreams were buried on January 4 and 5. In 24 hours, he lost everything: the Supreme Court confirmed his conviction in the Mame Mbaye Niang case. And the Constitutional Council definitively put an end to his aspirations to become a candidate for the Presidential election on February 25: it did not check his file because it is incomplete. He was unable to obtain the sponsorship form from the General Directorate of Elections and a discharge from the Deposits and Consignment Fund.

Sonko’s Plan B: Habib Sy, the Trojan horse

The case on his removal from the electoral lists is pending before the High Court following the appeal of the State Judicial Agent following the decision of the judge of the Dakar District Court who ordered his re-registration on the lists. If the “Project” was born on April 4, 2014, the coincidence of the calendar also means that it has been put on hold for at least 5 years on January 4 and 5, 2024, during the 10th anniversary of its birth. It is also the end of a political-judicial saga…