Khalifa Sall's lawyers finally give up the case even though …

The lawyers of the mayor of Dakar Khalifa Sall, after their boycott of the hearing following the judge's refusal to cancel the proceedings on Thursday, decided to definitively continue their boycott. Indeed, the latter, after noting the overt intention of the executive to keep Khalifa Sall in prison for political purposes, refusing him the minimum to know the provisional liberty. The lawyers have decided to abandon the battle against arbitrary justice, even if there is still a possibility for them.

While the Khalifa Sall appeal trial is still going on in the absence of lawyers for the aedile. The latter, having boycotted the hearing on Thursday, after the judge refused to cancel the proceedings, held a press conference this afternoon at the Pullman Hotel to explain the reasons for their boycott.

An "expeditious justice" intended to "render ineligible our client Khalifa Ababacar Sall in the presidential election of February 2019," denounced the lawyers of the mayor of the Senegalese capital. Which have decided to permanently desert the courtroom because of the "manifest desire of the executive to want to keep the mayor of Dakar in prison."

After the magistrates of Abuja have identified a series of violations of rights of the defense during the judicial proceedings including "arbitrary detention, failure to respect the presumption of innocence, the assistance of a lawyer and a fair trial …" "We find it unacceptable that the Judge Demba Kandji can not grant the minimum to Khalifa Sall to know the provisional liberty ", have regretted the pleadings of the mayor of the Senegalese capital.

In pursuing, the lawyers of Khalifa Sall also offended" the rhythm unprecedented imposed at the trial "," the many manifestations of bias ", or the" refusal to refer to the Constitutional Council the exceptions of unconstitutionality presented p by defense and their judgments and rejections without legal basis. "

Faced with all these facts," the lawyers decided not to answer any further appeal from the court, even if there is still a possibility for them. "[19659003AsareminderKhalifaSallwassentencedatfirstinstancetofiveyearsinprisonandafineof€7620ProsecutedinthecaseofthecashadvanceofthemunicipalityofDakarhehasbeendetainedinRebeussprisonsinceMarch2017