"Between nervous laughter and political nausea": Mamadou Mota's scathing attack on the CPDM ahead of its 44th anniversary

In a Facebook post on October 21, Mamadou Mota, a former vice-president of the MRC, attacked the CPDM after it issued a circular about celebrations for the 44th National Renewal Day. He accused the ruling party of invoking young people in its messaging while, in his view, leaving them to face endemic unemployment, precarious conditions and despair, driving some to seek opportunities abroad. Mota also criticized the circular’s references to women, the fight against femicide and poverty, arguing that they conflict with people’s lived realities.