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Dakar, June 8 (APS) – Weekend newspapers continue to look at the aftermath and developments of the case of alleged corruption in the awarding of oil and gas contracts in Senegal while giving sport a place through the handover of the national flag to football Lions leaving for the Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.
The accusations of corruption in connection with the awarding of oil and gas contracts in Senegal have been relayed by the British media BBC through a documentary that has brought up to date an alleged scandal involving inter alia $ 10 billion involving the businessman Frank Timis through his companies Petrotim, Timis Corporation and Agritrans, which belong to Aliou Sall, brother of the Senegalese president.
'' The pressure is mounting on Aliou and Macky Sall '', thus displaying its Une Walf Quotidien about this affair, highlighting the political ramifications born of these revelations. The newspaper discusses the reaction of the opposition grouped within the National Resistance Front.
The FRN, reeling from the BBC's revelations, has resumed the fight against Petro Tim by internationalizing the affair. Opponents demand the resignation without delay of Aliou Sall and the declassification of the report of the General State Inspectorate (IGE). They invite the US and British courts to open investigations in accordance with the laws on financial crimes '', the publication says in its columns.
The first claim of the opponents is about to be satisfied if we believe The Daily that announces the upcoming dismissal of the brother of the President of the Republic of his post of Director General of the Caisse des Depots and Consignations (CDC).
"The head of the Eta has not stopped for days to absolutely want to convince of his intentions to protect no one, following the revelations of the BBC on the scandal of Petro Tim and Senegalese hydrocarbons. After deciding to open a judicial investigation, he made the decision to take his brother out of the head of the CDC, "the newspaper group Avenir Communication believes.
Focusing on the potential legal consequences, Investigation tries to analyze the stakes for its readers, relying in particular on the opening of a judicial information in Senegal, rather than in Great Britain. The option of seizing the British courts had been agitated by the mayor of Guèdiawaye (suburb of Dakar) in his first reaction to the revelations of the BBC.
'' The President of the Republic has announced the opening of a judicial inquiry concerning the alleged $ 10 billion scandal raised by the BBC (…) but only an independent justice could help, in this case to unravel the truth of the false '', the newspaper reports.
'' Macky in firewall mode! '' Exclaims on his side Sud Quotidien by highlighting the strategies put in motion by the power to contain this affair.
"After openly threatening BBC, which has produced the documentary investigation incriminating his younger brother of alleged corruption on research contracts affecting the deep offshore blocks of Saint-Louis and deep Cayar, President Macky Sall seems to no longer favor the judicial option , preferring simply to reaffirm the important steps taken in the governance of oil and gas resources that it had already announced in 2018, "notes the daily Sud Communication.
For its part, L'Observateur gave the floor to Ousmane Sonko, unhappy candidate in the recent presidential election. The opponent claims to have been heard by US federal police investigators in this case, announcing a complaint against the British multinational BP and Aliou Sall that he considers a "disaster for the country" .
The political ramifications of this affair are also on the menu of readers of the Kritik newspaper. The publication already anticipates the end of the political dialogue recently launched between the government and the opposition.
"With the smell of oil, it is the dialogue that flies in shine and it will take more than the experience to the octogenarian Famara Ibrahima Sagna (facilitator of the dialogue) to bring everyone back to the table of dialogue (… "We must now extend the terms of reference with a dialogue on the price of a barrel of Senegalese oil, if simply the power will still have valid interlocutors to agree on electoral issues," said the newspaper in a note.
Meanwhile, The Sun highlights a picture of President Macky Sall shaking hands with Senegal national football team captain Cheikhou Kouyaté holding the national flag.
This is for the national daily to return to the official handing of the national flag to Lions football leaving for the Africa Cup of Nations that opens this June in Egypt.
The newspaper informs that before flying to Spain, Lions base camp for their preparation, players, leaders, staff and supporters gathered at the Palace of the Republic for the traditional flag ceremony ceremony. A must for the national team in search of galvanizing words to surpass themselves
'' Let Teranga (hospitality) here and be relentless '', sums up the Sun quoting the head of state at his head.
The same information is on the front page of the Vox Populi newspaper, which quotes President Macky Sall: '' Be a Shoe Lions. Leave the Teranga here.
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