SEPT ÉLÈVES POLICIÈRES LICENCIÉES : GUY MARIUS SAGNA MET L’ÉTAT FACE À SES RESPONSABILITÉS
MP Guy Marius Sagna is contesting the expulsion of seven students from the 49th graduating class of the National Police Academy due to their pregnancies. Following the response from the Minister of the Interior, he denounces the decision as unjust and illegal. He is demanding their reinstatement after they give birth.
The case of the 49th graduating class of the national police has resurfaced in the debate. In a publication, Guy Marius Sagna challenges their exclusion, decided under the former Minister of the Interior, Bamba Cissé, and justified by his successor, Mouhamadou Makhtar Cissé.
This reaction follows the minister's response to a written question addressed to the government. The parliamentarian disputes the legal texts cited to defend the measure. According to him, the provisions relating to poor performance or disciplinary infractions cannot justify exclusion on the grounds of pregnancy.
"But since when is pregnancy considered a grade deficiency or a breach of disciplinary rules?" he asks.
Beyond the legal question, it raises the issue of equal treatment between men and women in the police force. It contrasts the case of a police trainee whose partner is pregnant with that of a female trainee who is also expecting a child and risks losing her place in training as a result.
"What is this message that the State of Senegal is sending to its citizens, and to Senegalese women in particular?" he asks.
The seven women had previously served as volunteer auxiliary police officers before passing the entrance exam for the National Police Academy. Their training began on March 3, 2025. According to the information presented in the written question, they had already completed the first part of the course, the FIC (Initial Training Course), before being asked, in July 2025, to take their maternity leave.
According to the MP, the administration could have allowed them to resume their training after giving birth, within the 50th or 51st graduating class. "The State must reverse its decision," he insists, believing that "it is not too late" to rectify this situation.
He also calls for a review of the texts governing the training of police trainees in order to avoid, in the future, interpretations that he considers discriminatory and "phallocratic".
Finally, he said he was waiting for a reaction from the seven women involved and invited them to share their version of events.
Commentaires (21)
Dans le cadre du mariage c’est tolérable.
Mais si ce sont des grossesses hors mariage ça pose un problème d’éthique et de professionnalisme.
Bigueh Pata
Encore Guy Ingare Saignant. Il faut vraiment etre bete pour ignorer que cette formation demande avec des activites physiques intenses avec des notes elimiatoires. Vous imafinez des femems enceintes pourcourir des dizianes de km avec 25 kg o 30 kg sur le dos? Vous les imaginez faire des courses de vitesses sur des pentes? Ne parlonts meme des exervcies plus complexes qu'elles devront passer. Rien qu'avec les epreuves physiques, elles auront des notes eliminatoires.
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