On December 1, Massata Samb slapped the parliamentarian Amy Ndiaye and her colleague Mamadou Niang unchecking him a kick in the stomach, in full public session.
MO12345LEMONDE with AFP
Two deputies of the Senegalese opposition received on Monday January 2 of six months in prison for having struck a colleague from the majority in the National Assembly, noted an AFP journalist.
On the 1 December, the deputy Massata Samb had taken part from the gallery his colleague Amy Ndiaye about declarations which she had made against Moustapha Sy, head of a training member of The main coalition of the opposition, the party of unity and the rally (pure), which is not a deputy but is an influential marabout in Senegal.
The images that have circulated in a loop are very largely perceived as showing Massata Samb Gify the parliamentarian and his colleague Mamadou Niang unchecking him a kick in the stomach, in full public session.
Amy Ndiaye was hospitalized after the incident and risks losing the baby she carries, had specified during the trial her lawyer, M e Baboucar Cissé. She left the hospital but remains “in an extremely painful situation”, he added.
The untouchable status of marabouts
The two parliamentarians, imprisoned since December 15, were tried on December 19 by the Dakar Flagrant Court. He also condemned them on Monday to each pay a fine of 100,000 CFA francs (some 150 euros) and “jointly and” jointly “damages of 5 million CFA francs (around 7,600 euros) for” voluntary assault ” On Amy Ndiaye, deputy of the presidential party. The prosecution had required two years firm.
The two deputies were not present on Monday when reading the judgment. “They will stay in prison when it appealed,” AFP told AFP, Abdy Nar Ndiaye. Despite the images, they had denied during the trial having struck their colleague.
The defense of the two deputies had argued that the trial could not take place given the parliamentary immunity of their customers, but the court had passed over. The incident was considered symptomatic of tensions between the opposition and the majority, of the violence against women, but also of the untouchable status of the marabouts.
The presidential camp lost the absolute majority he held after the July legislative elections, which gave a quasi-balance of forces in the assembly in a tense political context. President Macky Sall, elected in 2012 for seven years and re -elected in 2019 for five years, remains silent on his intentions for the presidential election of 2024.