PRESS RELEASE FROM THE ALTERNATIVE FOR CITIZENSHIP (ARC)
eighth November 2024.
Despite the requires peace and serenity reiterated by the Alternative Party for Citizen Succession (ARC) and its president Mrs. Anta Babacar Ngom Diack, for the reason that starting of the electoral marketing campaign, malicious spirits have sought, by way of intimidation and brutality, to stifle our voice and tarnish our picture.
On November 5, 2024, in Diourbel, our social gathering’s convoy was the sufferer of a cowardly and unjustifiable assault. Amidst shouts and slogans chanted in help of Mr. Ousmane SONKO, attackers violently attacked our caravan, critically damaging the automobile of our departmental chief. Local authorities, together with the Diourbel police station, have drawn up an official report of this despicable act. Earlier within the day, our Ndoulo chief was additionally the sufferer of a bodily assault by PASTEF supporters. Faced with these repeated provocations, ARC, devoted to its values of peace, democracy and respect for variety of opinions, is not going to give in to worry or intimidation.
We are submitting a criticism in opposition to Mr. Ousmane SONKO, president of the PASTEF social gathering, in opposition to the departmental head of PASTEF in Diourbel and all those that, underneath their duty, are complicit in these assaults. We demand that each one gentle be shed on these incidents and that the culprits be delivered to justice.
We name on the Minister of the Interior to take the required measures to ensure the protection of our activists, our leaders and all our actions on the nationwide territory. The State should shield the inalienable proper of every social gathering to marketing campaign freely, with out threats or violence.
We strongly reaffirm our dedication to democracy, respect for establishments and a dignified debate of concepts. ARC calls on its activists to proceed their actions in a peaceful and restrained method.
The Director of Communications
