{"id":95399,"date":"2026-03-29T09:50:44","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T09:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/opposition-leader-criticizes-diomaye-and-sonkos-debt"},"modified":"2026-03-29T10:29:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T10:29:54","slug":"opposition-leader-criticizes-diomaye-and-sonkos-debt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/opposition-leader-criticizes-diomaye-and-sonkos-debt","title":{"rendered":"Opposition Leader Criticizes Diomaye and Sonko&#8217;S Debt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong> <\/span><b>On a three-day tour of the Lingue\u0300re department, as part of the \u201cDokh Mbook\u201d operation, the leader of the \u201cSe\u0301ne\u0301gal Bi Nu Beug\u201d movement was anything but gentle with those in charge of the current regime. According to the former mayor of Dakar, the record of the Diomaye-Sonko duo in year two is considered \u201ccatastrophic.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p>For Barthe\u0301lemy Dias, the conclusion is undeniable: all of the country\u2019s strategic levers are in crisis. \u201cNational education, health, agriculture, livestock farming, among others, are languishing due to the lack of political vision and the incompetence of our current leaders,\u201d he emphasised during his various stops.<\/p>\n<p>On the economic front, his tone is even more incisive. According to him, the country is now operating at a snail\u2019s pace. \u201cIn two years, the government has accumulated 16 trillion CFA francs in debt without achieving any concrete results, unlike previous regimes,\u201d he denounced.<\/p>\n<p>Dias, the former mayor of Dakar concluded his remarks by calling on young people and women to mobilise massively. He said his singular objective is to oust from power, by 2029, the duo of Faye and Sonko who have \u201cdisappointed the Senegalese people too much\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">Find more news and analyses on <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">Gambia<\/span> on the <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. On a three-day tour of the Lingue\u0300re department, as part of the \u201cDokh Mbook\u201d operation, the leader of the \u201cSe\u0301ne\u0301gal Bi Nu Beug\u201d movement was anything but gentle with those in charge of the current regime. 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