The appointment last May of General Souleymane Kandé as “Defense and Security Attaché” in New Delhi, India, by presidential decree, sparked a long debate, in particular on the “underside” of such an affection from an officer general of his rank to such a position. This, according to several actors in the political space, would resemble a sanction. Which is not the opinion of Ousmane Sonko who, campaigning in the Ziguinchor region, returns to this episode and warns: “I would like to warn these apprentice politicians who are clinging to the Casamance problem in order to have political matter. They spoke about General Kandé, believing that he did remarkable work in Casamance and that he was sanctioned. They were referring to me, since I am from Casamance. I want to weaken the army so that the people here can regain their strength. I warn them. The issues relating to national security are not negligible. “They just have to repeat what they had said to see if they will not go to prison,” warns the Prime Minister in Casamance, under the hat of the head of the Pastef coalition list in the campaign in perspective of the early legislative elections of November 17, 2024. Ousmane Sonko to specify that this dismissal of the general is made in compliance with a report relating to certain shenanigans with the aim of sabotaging the last presidential election, but, “this has nothing to do with the Casamance conflict.
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