L’opération de déguerpissement was carried out on Sunday 28 September at Keur Massar, a degenerate and regrettable incident. The mayor, Bilal Diatta, was filmed during a tense altercation with journalists who came to cover the operations. On the images widely relayed on social networks, we see the editors exchanging virulent remarks with the reporters, allant jusqu’à repousser leurs cameras de manière agressive. A behaviour that has provoked the indignation of media professionals who demand public apologies from the mayor for the violation of press freedom. In the aftermath, the director general of the SOGEPA, Elimane Pouye, has come out of his reserve to firmly reinstate the mayor of Keur Massar Sud. “Maux contre mots, un maire ne devrait pas agir ainsi. In the past, a prefect had pronounced a déplacé word against the representative of the people.
Violence exercised against journalists: The DG of the SOGEPA fires severely at the mayor Bilal Diatta
