The protest movement which supports the Senegalese opponent Ousmane Sonko agreed on Friday March 12 to postpone the day of "
peaceful demonstration
" scheduled for Saturday, without setting a new date, after an intervention by clerics in favor of appeasement, has t he stated in a press release.
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The Movement for the Defense of Democracy (M2D) informs the Senegalese that they have received Serigne Bassirou Mbacké Porokhane, emissary of the Caliph General (of the brotherhood) of the Mourides, Serigne Mountakha Mbacké. At the end of the discussions, the M2D accepted the request for postponement of the demonstration of Saturday, March 13, 2021 formulated by the venerated Caliph
”, indicated the protest movement in this press release.