The mayor of the city of Saint-Louis is not among those who have hope for an emerging Senegal in the years to come as stipulated by the new regime. In a publication on his Facebook page, Mansour Faye expressed his deep concern about the future of the Senegalese Republic. Indeed, the former minister under Macky Sall castigates the current management of the country by the PASTEF regime, which he accuses of amateurism and incompetence.
“I am afraid, not for me, but for my country,” said Mansour Faye. According to him, Senegal, built at the cost of many sacrifices, is today in danger under the leadership of leaders “coming out of nowhere” and blinded by their quest for power. The former minister deplores a governance that he considers disconnected from realities and incapable of meeting the aspirations of the Senegalese.
Mansour Faye thus accuses Sonko and Co of diverting attention from the country’s major problems by attacking opposition political figures. He evokes a “steamroller” aimed at crushing those responsible for the Alliance for the Republic (APR) and its allies. Among the victims already targeted, he cites Hamat Suzanne Camara, Lat Diop, and Moustapha Diakhaté. Farba Ngom and others are, according to him, in the crosshairs.
These personalities have in common that they firmly opposed PASTEF and alerted the people, believes Mansour Faye. He denounces a deliberate desire to “overcrowd national prisons” by locking up innocent citizens there to cover up the failures of the regime.
For the former minister, the failure of the current power is obvious. “This is the first time in history that a regime has declined before it has even been established,” he asserts. He criticizes the strategy of leaders, who are falling into a headlong rush instead of meeting citizens’ expectations. Mansour Faye predicts a brutal awakening of the people, tired of broken promises and policies deemed ineffective.
Faced with what he considers to be authoritarian excesses, Mansour Faye calls for mobilization to defend the values of the Republic. He accuses the government of having manipulated and deceived the Senegalese, while seeking to divide the country by attacking prominent political and private figures.
“Whatever the consequences, we will face and we will overcome, because the truth always triumphs in the end,” he concludes.
This declaration illustrates the growing tensions on the Senegalese political scene, in a climate marked by reciprocal accusations and an opposition that is increasingly critical of the regime in place.
