Support for Senegalese activists from the ‘No’ Front

No, no and fifteen times no! We do not want this referendum.

Organising a costly referendum in haste, on issues that are still undefined, poorly understood and of questionable relevance, does not seem sensible to us.

It would therefore seem more appropriate to hold the referendum alongside the next legislative elections in 2017.

We believe that commitment and truth — noble values in our part of the world — inspire admiration and command respect. Above all, when upheld by political leaders, they guarantee stability and development.

For all these reasons, we:

• Support the Senegalese activists of the Front du NON;
• Call on the State to hold broad consultations with all the country’s political and social stakeholders on the issues at the heart of the referendum;
• Call for the referendum to be held alongside the next legislative elections if it is not cancelled outright.