by Pierre Dieme March 12, 2023 - 2:27 pm
After his arrest followed by his transfer to the prison of Sébikotane, the case of journalist and court reporter Pape Ndiaye appears to be becoming more complex. This is if we can assess the intervention of the Minister of Justice, Ismaïla Madior Fall, who made comments justifying the arrest live on Sud Fm.
During the Sud fm broadcast the Minister commented on the on-going legal case by dismissing the statement of the journalist (which lead to his arrest, in which he had mentioned the opposition of 19 deputy prosecutors to the continuation of the case against opposition leader Ousmane Sonko by the Chief prosecutor) by stating that Pape Ndiaye's statement was “False, there are 11 deputy prosecutors”,
Ismaïla Madior Fall went on to state that he finds the arrest of Pape Ndiaye very normal. “There are a lot of columnists, why was it that is was only him who was arrested? His remarks undermined and discredited the reputation of magistrates, and he refuses to divulge his sources"
It should be remembered that the charges against the journalist are
- Incitement to of a crowd
- Contempt of court
- Intimidation and reprisals against a member of the judiciary
- Speech discrediting a judicial act
- Dissemination of false news,
- Endangering life others
according to his lawyer Me Sarr.
The journalist is currently being detained on remand
in the Prison Sébikotane.
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