The general facilitator of political dialogue, Cheikh Gueye, officially launched this Friday the digital platform “Jubbanti”, a tool presented as the keystone of an unprecedented process of refounding the Senegalese political system. In a speech full of gravity and hope, he called on citizens to seize this participatory digital space to “give back meaning to politics”.
Speaking before an audience of institutional actors, members of civil society and technical partners, Cheikh Gueye praised the confidence that the Head of State showed him by naming him in this sensitive post. “This choice symbolizes the desire to go beyond the partisan cleavages to maintain the spirit of ‘Pencoo’,” he stressed, in reference to the great moments of national consultation such as the Assizes of Justice or the Social Pact.
More than a technical tool, “Jubbanti” plays according to him “a promise of transparency, inclusion and citizen participation”. The stated objective is ambitious: allow each citizen, whether in Dakar, Kédougou, Paris or New York, to actively contribute to national political dialogue. “It is the XXI century palaver tree,” said Cheikh Gueye, notably calling youth, women and the diaspora to be fully involved in this process.
-While the work of the national dialogue must intensify from May 28, the facilitator insisted on the demanding nature of this participatory approach. “Jubbanti is not a greeting box. Each proposal will be studied, each idea will nourish collective reflections, ”he said.
Thanking the technical teams and the ministries involved in the implementation of the platform, he concluded his intervention with a solemn appeal to citizens: “The democratic destiny of our nation will not be decided in the salons, but in the truth of collective speech. »»
With “Jubbanti”, Senegal begins a digital and democratic turning point that Cheikh Gueye wants to under the sign of co-construction, humility and equality of voices. A daring bet for a democracy in search of renewal.
