At an official ceremony in Koumpentoum on Sunday, two PASTEF party lawmakers made a powerful statement by refusing to stand when the local prefect arrived. The act immediately drew the ire of the administrative authority, but MP Guy Marius Sagna framed it as an act of resistance.
For Guy Marius Sagna, this refusal to stand was not mere discourtesy, but a profound political gesture. He drew a bold historical parallel: "By refusing to stand, my two fellow MPs acted like Rosa Parks, who refused to give up her seat on December 1, 1955—an act of resistance, even civil disobedience."
The parliamentarian argued that the incident cannot be judged without understanding the tensions that had built up in preceding weeks between the elected officials and local authorities.
According to the PASTEF leader, this incident reflects a systemic critique of civil administrators (prefects and sub-prefects). Sagna denounced what he called a "commanding" posture inherited from the colonial era, where state representatives allegedly act as if they are in "conquered territory."
"They believe they can do anything, forgetting that they—like MPs—are meant to be servants of the people," he emphasized. He also pointed to the Senegalese constitution, which he says grants the President "exorbitant powers," thereby creating administrators in the image of a central authority he describes as "neocolonial."
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