FDR accuses Senegalese authorities after Lompoul boat sinking
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Seneweb
The Front for the Defence of the Republic (FDR) accuses Senegalese authorities of mismanagement after the deadly sinking of a pirogue off Lompoul, which killed 42 people according to the movement. The FDR links the tragedy to young people’s desperation to emigrate and calls for a major demonstration, according to Seneweb.
The Front for the Defence of the Republic (FDR) accuses Senegalese authorities of mismanagement after the deadly capsizing of a pirogue off Lompoul and calls for a major demonstration. The political movement refers to 42 bodies recovered and the uncertain fate of several other candidates for illegal emigration, in a statement reported by Seneweb.
The FDR links the tragedy to the desperation of part of Senegal’s youth and accuses the authorities from PASTEF and KIRAAY of incompetence, irresponsibility and indifference after two years in power. The movement says debates in the National Assembly do not, in its view, allow for a swift resolution to the economic crisis and calls on political parties, trade unions and civil society to organise a joint mobilisation.
The FDR also says it wants to respond to the doubt and weariness expressed by young people by encouraging them to prioritise nation-building. The movement says it intends to take part in this mobilisation and to place itself “on the front line”, according to its statement cited by Seneweb.
This position was taken on 11 November, after the publication on 10 November of the death toll of 39 at Lompoul and as the death toll was raised to 42 on 11 November in a previous report on the Lompoul boat sinking in Senegal.
