“High treason”: Badara Gadiaga criticizes Ousmane Sonko over debt management

Author: senenews.comPublished on: October 24, 2026Country: Senegal
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“High treason”: Badara Gadiaga criticizes Ousmane Sonko over debt management

On TFM’s Jakaarlo Bi program, commentator Badara Gadiaga accused Ousmane Sonko of betraying the Senegalese people and President Bassirou Diomaye Faye. He also faulted Sonko for hindering the work of the parliamentary majority that Sonko had urged voters to give his camp. Gadiaga criticized Sonko’s statements about infrastructure such as the TER and BRT, which Sonko said were financed through borrowing, arguing that they amounted to “whitewashing Macky Sall” and contradicted Sonko’s earlier explanations about hidden debt. He described this change in position as “high treason.”

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