According to Sadikh Top, a member of the communications department of Pastef (party dissolved by the authorities), the lawyer felt unwell. “Me Ciré Clédor Ly, Ousmane Sonko's representative, felt unwell. This is why he did not go to the Constitutional Council for the control of sponsorships. But we reassured the activists because President Ousmane Sonko has parliamentary sponsorship,” said Sadikh Top.
He adds that in the days to come, the representative will return to the Constitutional Council. According to Sadikh Top, member of the communications service of Pastef (party dissolved by the authorities), the lawyer felt unwell.
“Me Ciré Clédor Ly, Ousmane Sonko’s representative, felt unwell. This is why he did not go to the Constitutional Council for the control of sponsorships.
The commission appointed by the Council continued to examine the sponsorship of candidates for the presidential election. The draw, determining the order of verification, offered a potential advantage to the first applicants, minimising the risk of duplicates.
The summary of the first day of sponsorship reviewed are:
Boubacar Camara: Sponsorships validated. 6069 sponsors not found in the electoral file, but this did not affect the validation. Cheikh Aguibou Soumaré: File rejected due to multiple external duplicates.
Dr Ousmane Kane: Sponsorship invalidated, non-payment of the deposit to the Caisse de dépôt et de consignation. Ousmane Sonko: Waiting, the absence of his representative due to a “little discomfort” delayed the verification.
Me Amadou Aly Kane: Application invalidated. Despite an initial submission of over 50,000 sponsors, anomalies such as missing region and duplicates significantly reduced the valid number.
Papa Eugène Barbier: Invalidated due to incomplete file.
Me El Hadj Diouf: Uncertain situation due to contradictory communications on the number of validated sponsors. Only 40,440 sponsors have been confirmed valid.
Abdoulaye Sylla: Invalidated for duplicate sponsors.
Cheikh Tidiane Gadio: File rejected. specific details not disclosed, focus on correcting duplicates. Mouhamed Ben Diop: Invalidated.
Rose Wardini: Conditional validation, requires urgent correction of duplicates. Cheikh Tidiane Dièye: Sponsorships validated.
Malick Gueye: Technical problem when transferring data from the USB key. Unresolved atypical situation. Mouhamed El Habib Tounkara: Only 189 sponsors provided without deposit. File incomplete and therefore invalidated.
Mary Teuw Niane: Disqualified for non-recognition of more than 28,000 sponsors. 15,584 validated sponsors and 6,128 duplicates.
Mamadou Sambou YATASSAYE: Invalidated for modifications to sponsorship forms. Déthié FALL: Sponsorships validated. Aminata Assome Diatta: Invalidated after control, only 9339 sponsors validated out of 55000.
Papa Macodou Diouf: Invalidated; Samba Ndiaye: Invalidated.
