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Posted - 17 Apr 2015 : 08:22:45
Senegalese President Refused to be intimidated by a Dictator next door
Report compiled By Demba Baldeh
Gainako: Published on April 17, 2015
Senegalese President Macky Sall appears to have enough of the blatant intimidating tactics coming from the President of its next door neighbor Yahya Jammeh. Since his election as President of Senegal in 2012 Macky Sall has made several overtures to extend a hand to the Gambian President Yahya Jammeh. Shortly after being elected Mr. Sall paid a short visit to President Jammeh and gave him the respect for being there before him. His visit to Banjul was a goodwill gesture and an effort to open a communication line between him and Yahya Jammeh whose iron fist grip on to power and intimidating tactics has created tension within the subregion since he came to power in 1994. Even though Mr. Sall was aware of the tension between Yahya Jammeh and Sall’s former boss Abdoulie Wade, the newly elected President recognized the strategic importance of Gambia to Senegal especially to the Cassamance crisis and to Senegalese citizens.......
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Posted - 17 Apr 2015 : 08:25:32
Sidi Sanneh: Macky Sall to Yaya Jammeh : "I am a democrat, my preoccupation is the development of Senegal"
Thursday, April 16, 2015
After ignoring the Gambian dictator's tirade directed at Senegal, the Senegalese president has finally broken his silence on his relations with Yaya Jammeh.
Last week, the Gambian dictator accused the Senegalese leader of not only harboring dissident Gambians but actively encouraging them to subvert his regime.
The Gambia dissidents who are political refugees seeking asylum in Europe and America have been a source of conflict between the two countries. Jammeh has been trying for several years and on numerous occasions to have some of the dissidents extradited to Banjul, and on each occasion Senegal has refused because it contravenes international law.
Sall's response is uncharacteristic of the calm and almost serine demeanor of the Senegalese leader by suggesting to Jammeh that he (Sall) is not only a democrat but has, as his major preoccupation, the development of Senegal, implying that Jammeh is neither a democrat nor is he someone who himself with the development of his own country.
The Senegalese president also reaffirms, in the strongest of terms, his position on the Gambian dissidents resident in Senegal. Gambians, like other refugees resident in Senegal, enjoy the same privileges and responsibilities as Senegalese. Senegal, according to President Sall, is a welcoming country, and thus dissidents of all nationalities, especially Gambians, are welcome.
Reacting to Jammeh's tirades of last Saturday in the presence of some Senegalese entertainers, president Macky Sall also appears to be sending a subtle message to Eume Sene (the Senegalese wrestler) and Koutchia (a Senegalese comedian) to stay clear of Yaya Jammeh and in what is fast becoming a diplomatic minefield.
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