Adoption of the Code of Communication: The majority exerts its supremacy

The Code of Communication was voted in spite of the rejection of the opposition MPs, who were struggling to accommodate certain passages of the law.

The desire expressed by the government to pass the Code of Communication did not find the consent of the opposition members. According to Cheikh Bamba Dièye, it poses a problem of ethics, responsibility and individual property. For him, any individual "who owns a laptop can use the internet as he sees fit to express his feelings". "What the state must do, he suggests, is to organize the sector especially on the side of security by guaranteeing the forms of installation of Internet sites. It is not the code that can solve this problem but rather citizenship education. It's about state responsibility and parents. "According to him," the internet has evolved and must go hand in hand with the education of children. So it's up to the parents and the state to protect them. It is not the law that requires closing the internet, which can solve this equation, "said the former mayor of Saint-Louis. It is also the feeling of his opposition comrades. According to Liberal MPs Marie Sow Ndiaye and Abdou Mbacké, "there are unspoken things in this code". But the Minister of Communication is sure that "this law is extremely important". "It allows us to implement a PES strategy, upgrade the communication sector and improve coherence," he says. However, he recognizes that there are new issues with the inclusion of social networks. "We were not in the instant. So it is important that this law be passed. There is the heaviness of obtaining a license. We have relaxed and there are authorizations at the departmental level. We want to increase competition in the sector so that there is more choice, "he tries to reassure. In his opinion, Article 27 of the Law on Communication does not constitute a threat on the Internet. For him, it is necessary to create security measures by maintaining that nothing indicates the closing of the Internet. This did not prevent the deputies, Sheikh Bamba Dièye, Mamadou Lamine Diallo and Mamadou Diop Decroix, from making amendments that were rejected by the majority.
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