Mame Birame Wathie has made a name for himself with a work that is unlikely to please Professor Diomaye.

He had been silent for several months, a silence that puzzled many among Ousmane Sonko's supporters. Mame Birame Wathie has now resurfaced, announcing the release of his new book, entitled "The Old Governance of Youth: From the Announced 'Systemic Change' to the Observed Chronic Continuity."

In this book, the journalist and writer offers a particularly critical analysis of President Diomaye Faye's governance. He revisits the commitments made during the election campaign and the choices implemented since he came to power. And, judging by the blurb on the back cover, the head of state has been the target of particularly harsh criticism.

The author revisits, in particular, the expectations surrounding the 2024 change of power, accountability, the fate of victims of political events that occurred under Macky Sall's regime, and also the relationship between Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Ousmane Sonko. He denounces what he considers a betrayal of campaign promises and a return to the practices of the old regime.

Below is the text from the back cover of the book:

“Despite the evident efforts on the economic front, the break with the past so loudly proclaimed by President Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye was slow to materialize. The families of the many victims of Macky Sall’s regime, the maimed and the disabled, were still waiting for justice to be served. The accountability process, launched with great fanfare, ultimately produced a mere trifle, falling far short of the immense expectations it had raised. The broom that candidate Faye had brandished during the election campaign, and which continued to adorn the presidential office, vanished from view. The president transformed it into a rake, using it to dismiss all those who had helped him come to power but who were reluctant to join the party he had finally created, and under whose banner many of Macky Sall’s supporters now sought refuge.”

Elected to build “a sovereign, just and prosperous Senegal”, in accordance with the vision he had defended, President Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye was moving further and further away from his campaign promises.

While the few high-ranking officials of Macky Sall's regime, arrested following the publication of damning reports, were released, the “Jubb, Jubbal, Jubbanti” slogan disappeared from the discourse of the now-leader of the “Patriotic Republicans.” This presidential about-face plunged PASTEF into opposition and marked the return of bipolarity to the Senegalese political landscape. The “Diomaye mooy Sonko” slogan of the conquest of power had morphed into “Diomaye wor na Sonko.”

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