"I am not a buyer of any service and do not take any deal"

The rumor circulates in the corridors of the courthouse. Intense lobbying is being conducted to grant pardon or parole to Barthélémy Dias. From the back of his cell, the mayor of Mermoz-Sacré-Coeur reacts.

"I invite them to stop their circus, because I am not seeking any service, no favor, no intervention, no leniency and no takers of any deal," he writes. in a letter, picked up by Vox Populi.

"I am in my third prison incarceration in my short and rich political career for having always had the courage and honesty to say loudly what my people whisper in a whisper and to have fought intellectually, morally, politically and even physically for a Senegal of truth, justice and value, "he continues.
Barthélémy Dias was sentenced last April to six months in prison. He was tried in court for flagrant offenses for contempt of court and calling for insurrection.