MEDI1TV Afrique : LE GRAND JOURNAL MIDI - 18/11/2024
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00:00Welcome to this new newscast, here are the headlines.
00:24In Senegal, the party in power won a big victory this sunday.
00:30A victory that should allow the leaders to keep the promise of social justice.
00:40The leaders of G20 meet today in Rio de Janeiro for a summit under strong pressure.
00:48And in Lebanon, schools are closed in Beirut after murderous Israeli strikes.
01:04The Moroccan people celebrate this Monday the 69th anniversary of the Independence Day.
01:12It is a great day that crowned a long national struggle to defend the unity, sovereignty and constancy of the country
01:20in favor of a perfect symbiosis between the throne and the people.
01:24Engraved in the annals of the history of the kingdom and in the hearts of all Moroccans,
01:30the Independence Day is an opportunity to recall the historical context of this great event.
01:36An event that marks the triumph of the common will of the throne and the people.
01:41The Moroccans remember this strong moment, this national struggle for independence,
01:46which is the historical visit made by the father of the nation and hero of liberation,
01:51His Majesty Mohamed V, in Tangier in April 1947.
01:55A visit that came to confirm the attachment of Morocco, king and people,
02:00to its freedom, to its integrity, to its territory and to its identity.
02:06We open the international page and go to Senegal,
02:11since the party in power in Senegal won a large legislative victory on Sunday.
02:17This is what the government spokesman indicated.
02:21This victory should allow the leaders to apply the agenda of rupture and social justice
02:26with which they were brought to power eight months ago.
02:30The government spokesman, Amadou Moustapha Ndiayeke Sarré, said, I quote,
02:36I pay tribute to the Senegalese people for the large victory he gave to PASTEF,
02:42the party of the President and the Prime Minister.
02:44PASTEF comes to power in a large majority of voting centers,
02:48of which the media has announced the provisional results as they are displayed.
02:53No significant incident has been reported.
03:00And the victory announced by the PASTEF party offers President Bassirou Dioumaé Fay
03:07a comfortable majority in the assembly, enough to allow him to develop his program.
03:13I suggest you listen to this subject, the analysis of Mohamed Chkoundi.
03:17He is a specialist in governance in Africa.
03:20He was the guest of the Morning of Median TV.
03:24After winning the presidential elections,
03:28the challenge for PASTEF was also to have a comfortable majority in the legislative elections.
03:34That is why President Bassirou Dioumaé Fay had dissolved the National Assembly
03:39in order to organize the legislative elections in advance
03:43and allow his party to have this comfortable majority
03:48that will allow him to lead his development program.
03:53His development program translates into the Senegal Vision 2050
03:59with projects to diversify the economy, to invest in infrastructure,
04:03and also to invest in human capital.
04:06So for PASTEF, the stakes were high.
04:09The results suggest a very important victory,
04:15a considerable victory for PASTEF,
04:19which means that the Senegalese voters
04:23show a kind of coherence in relation to their vote in the presidential elections
04:29and their vote in the legislative elections.
04:32This coherence also translates the expectations of the people who voted,
04:39their expectations and their hope, the confidence they place in PASTEF.
04:43After allowing him to have the presidency,
04:47now the stakes are to allow him to have the majority
04:52in order to control the parliamentary power and to lead his program.
04:58So we understand that behind this vote, behind these results,
05:02there are huge expectations from the Senegalese population.
05:06This means that there will be much more pressure on PASTEF
05:10because now it is the result culture that will prevail.
05:17The UN Security Council must speak on Monday on a resolution
05:23calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities in Sudan.
05:26New attempts to put pressure on the two rival generals
05:30while the war gives no sign of resumption.
05:34The resolution project prepared by the United Kingdom and Sierra Leone
05:38calls on the parties to immediately cease hostilities
05:43and to engage in a dialogue to allow a national ceasefire.
05:48According to the UN, the conflict has already caused tens of thousands of deaths
05:52and displaced more than 11 million people, including 3.1 million outside the country.
05:57Sudan has been ravaged since April 2023 by a war that opposes the regular army
06:02of General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who came to power by coup d'état in 2021.
06:07And the paramilitary forces of rapid support of his former adjutant, General Mohamed Hamdan Daglou.
06:18And international still and direction, Brazil, where the leaders of the G20 meet today in Rio
06:25for a summit under strong pressure between the need for a compromise on climate
06:30and a shouting divergence on Ukraine and the Middle East before the return of Donald Trump.
06:37The heads of state and government of the largest emerging advanced economies,
06:42among whom the presidents of the two superpowers, the American Joe Biden and the Chinese Xi Jinping,
06:48must try to move forward on the issue of climate finance.
06:51UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on the G20 leaders on Sunday
06:57to assume their leadership and make compromises to achieve a positive result at the COP29.
07:03The members of the G20, 19 countries, as well as the European Union and the African Union,
07:08represent 95% of the world's GDP and 80% of greenhouse gas emissions.
07:18Fight against hunger, poverty and inequality, sustainability, climate change and fair transition,
07:25reform of global governance and taxation of the ultra-rich.
07:29All these themes are at the heart of this 19th edition of the G20 Summit.
07:34These will be addressed during three plenary sessions.
07:37The opening ceremony of the G20 on Monday will mark the launch of the World Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty,
07:45a flagship initiative aimed at mobilizing resources and strengthening global efforts to eradicate hunger by 2030.
07:54In this sense, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
07:58will unveil the list of countries and organizations that have joined this alliance.
08:02This list is supposed to get 500 million people out of poverty
08:07thanks to money transfers and social protection systems.
08:11This summit, which coincides with COP29, will also deal with climate change.
08:16Diplomatic tensions related to this subject will therefore be discussed in priority at the summit.
08:22The G20 countries represent 85% of the global economy
08:27and are the largest contributors to the Development Bank,
08:31which drives the necessary funding for the fight against global warming.
08:36They are also responsible for more than three-quarters of the world's greenhouse gas emissions.
08:42Brazil will then host the G20 presidential flambeau in South Africa,
08:48marking the end of a dense program, including more than a hundred official meetings,
08:53twenty ministerial meetings and more than 50 meetings of senior officials,
08:58in addition to a dozen parallel events across the country.
09:04Washington gave Ukraine permission to strike the Russian territory
09:08with long-range missiles supplied by the United States,
09:12and this is what an American official said, under cover of anonymity.
09:16A major strategic change.
09:19A few weeks after the arrival of Donald Trump in power,
09:22President Joe Biden asked for a long leave of absence shortly before his departure from the White House
09:28and Donald Trump's return, very critical of American aid to Ukraine.
09:33Russian President Vladimir Putin had warned that such a decision would mean
09:38that NATO countries are at war with Russia.
09:46And according to the Kremlin, Joe Biden is throwing oil on the fire
09:51by authorizing missile strikes in Russia.
09:54Indeed, Joe Biden's authorization to use long-range American missiles
09:59carried over Russian territory and, of course, to throw oil on the fire in the conflict in Ukraine
10:04was declared on Monday by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
10:08And if it were to be officially confirmed by Washington,
10:12this authorization would lead to a fundamentally new situation
10:16in terms of the involvement of the United States in this conflict,
10:19which has once again put the Russian spokesman on guard.
10:24And in Lebanon, schools are closed.
10:26Monday in Beirut, the day after deadly Israeli strikes
10:30that targeted the heart of the Lebanese capital,
10:33killing the media official of Hezbollah,
10:36against whom Israel has been at war since late September.
10:40Public and private schools and higher education institutions
10:44that provide face-to-face classes will remain closed until Tuesday,
10:48according to a statement from the Lebanese Ministry of Education.
10:51The education system in Lebanon is already affected by Israeli raids
10:55targeting Hezbollah, with the displacement of many families
10:58and the provision of school establishments to host them.
11:02More than 3,400 people have been killed in Lebanon since October 8, 2023,
11:07according to the Ministry of Health.
11:08The majority since September 23.
11:10On the Israeli side, 45 civilians and 78 soldiers have been killed
11:14during these 13 months.
11:17And we stay in the region.
11:19The Israeli army announced on Monday
11:21that about 30 projectiles had been fired from Lebanon
11:24north of Israel the day after deadly Israeli strikes
11:28on the capital of Beirut,
11:30after the launch of the alert sirens.
11:33In the region of Upper and Western Galilee,
11:36about 30 projectiles have been identified crossing Israeli territory.
11:41Since Lebanon, the Israeli army has specified in a statement.
11:49And it's time for the guest of the big news.
11:52We invite you to come back to the large victory
11:56announced by the party in power in Senegal,
11:58the PASTEF, during the legislative period.
12:01We anticipated an announcement confirmed by the Senegalese government
12:06during a statement on 90 to 95% of the results confirming this victory.
12:13And as a reminder, about 7.3 million voters
12:16were called yesterday Sunday, November 17,
12:19to elect 165 deputies who will sit for five years.
12:23And to tell us about it, we join Dakar,
12:27Moubarak Elou, he is an economist and president of the Emergency Cabinet,
12:30Emergency Consulting.
12:33Yes, hello.
12:35Moubarak Elou, thank you very much for accepting our invitation.
12:39So my very first question,
12:41so the organs, the voters, until tomorrow Tuesday,
12:45so Tuesday evening, to publish the official results
12:48provisional at the departments.
12:50The preliminary results confirm a large victory of the PASTEF party.
12:54What is your first reading of this victory
12:58announced by the party in power?
13:02Thank you very much.
13:04I must say that this is not a surprise.
13:07First of all, there is a hysterical tendency in Senegal in general.
13:11The parties that win the presidential election
13:14de facto win the legislative election that follows.
13:18We saw it in 2000, in 2012, in 2019,
13:26a little more, let's say, in a weaker way.
13:29Because the election was postponed until 2022.
13:32But above all, this year, I mean,
13:35Dakar is without a doubt with a very high gap
13:39because the scores can reach 70% of the first parties.
13:44While so far, the parties that won
13:48stayed at 58%, or even less.
13:53So it's really a preliminary result that has been confirmed.
13:59Don't forget that in March, it was a victory in the first round,
14:03which has not happened in Senegal for a long time.
14:06Because in 2000 and 2012, the elections were over.
14:10But this time, it's as if the people had given the full power
14:15to the party in power, the PASTEF,
14:19to unfold, let's say, the agenda of transformation,
14:23of national development in Senegal 2050.
14:27But 2050 is far away, but urgently,
14:32there are many reforms and many expectations
14:35that the people have, in any case, in the PASTEF.
14:40And we hope that in the coming weeks and months,
14:43this hope will be materialized by projects,
14:48by reforms that will allow the people to say
14:52that I did not have time to give, let's say,
14:57to put my hope on these parties.
15:00So Moubarak, the opposition, with its 46,
15:04has not managed to make the difference.
15:07The Takoualou-Senegal coalition of the past,
15:10President Macky Sall, would only draft 15 deputies' mandates.
15:15And according to the projections of many local media,
15:18but above all, several fiefdoms of the opposition
15:20in the symbolic capital of Dakar,
15:23have been won by the PASTEF.
15:25So this is the confirmation of a massive support
15:28of the Senegalese to their president,
15:30Bassirou Dioumay Faye, and Prime Minister,
15:33sorry, Ousmane Sonko.
15:35And so it's also a way of saying yes
15:38to their assessment 8 months after the election of President Faye.
15:43Yes, I must say that Dakar was already a fiefdom of the opposition
15:50because there was, let's say, a rupture of the alliance
15:54between the PASTEF and the mayor of Dakar.
15:57But you can know that even in the 2022 elections,
16:02in the municipal elections, the PASTEF was on the side
16:06of the current mayor of Dakar.
16:09And if we look at it very closely,
16:12we will see that the PASTEF was an important architect
16:18of the victory of the 2022 municipal elections.
16:22There was a rupture between the two sides,
16:25which meant that the mayor of Dakar allied himself with others
16:28who could make a list.
16:30And the PASTEF made a mess in Dakar.
16:36It is one of the areas where its scores have been the highest.
16:41And who wins Dakar wins Senegal.
16:43This is manifested in each election.
16:46But it is true that the PASTEF, which is the pride of President Macky Sall,
16:51Macky Sall pushed the mayor, let's say, in his polling station,
16:55in the municipality of PASTEF, but in the department
16:59that appoints, let's say, the two deputies, he lost.
17:02So, he also left the whole area of Foubille,
17:07and the RHD basin.
17:10All these areas have been shaken.
17:13There is still a resistance to the name.
17:16The results are not yet clear.
17:18It was already known, let's say,
17:20the investigations that were carried out before the election
17:23showed that the names would be strongly discussed.
17:28So, all the departments in the region of Matam,
17:31so Matam, Rameirou and Camel,
17:34but also the department of Podor,
17:37the results will undoubtedly be very tight.
17:40We are waiting for the proclamation.
17:43So, overall, let's say,
17:46the only area where President Macky Sall could resist
17:51is in the north, in the extreme north, I would say,
17:53because the north even begins in the region of Muga.
17:57But in the RHD basin,
18:00he lost, and in my opinion,
18:03the two deputies.
18:05So, precisely, this victory in the parliament
18:08of the President and his Prime Minister,
18:11it is also an opportunity for them
18:14to keep the promises
18:17made during the presidential campaign,
18:20and during this legislative campaign,
18:22it seems that there will be more than 100 bills
18:25that will be in the drawers of the National Assembly.
18:28What are, in your opinion, the priorities for the President
18:32and his Prime Minister to meet the expectations of Senegalese?
18:38Let's say there are three elements in the agenda.
18:42The first element is, let's say,
18:48the reissue of the polls.
18:51Because PASTEF has been elected
18:55mainly on issues related to governance.
18:58So, the improvement of national governance.
19:01And since he has been there, let's say,
19:04there have been many speeches
19:06and communiqués,
19:09but also press conferences
19:11which have been dedicated
19:13to the identification, let's say,
19:16of supposed malversations
19:20regarding either public finance management
19:23or management of certain public entities.
19:26And so, we can believe that the first priority
19:30for the parliament,
19:32because it is the parliament
19:34which is in charge of compiling the action of the government,
19:37it is the parliament which is in charge
19:39of setting up inquiry committees
19:41or setting up a few courts
19:44to ask ministers for accounts.
19:46We can think that the first priority
19:49will be for this new parliament
19:52to work on the reissue of the polls.
19:55The second priority is institutional reform.
19:59Because in the project,
20:01the famous PASTEF project,
20:04they talked about reorganizing institutions,
20:08they talked about the nomination of a vice-president,
20:11they talked about strengthening the parliament.
20:14We will see what will be done.
20:17Because sometimes,
20:19if you compare the electoral promises
20:22concerning the institutions
20:24and the measures that are taken,
20:26sometimes there is a gap.
20:28We will see if these orientations
20:30will be confirmed or not.
20:32What we can hope for, in any case,
20:34is that the parliament will be strengthened,
20:36but the fact that there is a tidal wave,
20:39let's say, does not guarantee
20:41that the parliament
20:43will be sufficiently independent
20:45to be able to play its role of control.
20:48But it all depends on the orientations
20:50of the PASTEF given to these two sides.
20:53Because it is in any case possible
20:55to be on the same side,
20:57but to play its role of control
20:59of the governmental activity.
21:01The third element of priority
21:03is, of course, economic and social reforms.
21:06Today, there is a crisis in employment,
21:10as we can see through the clandestine migration
21:14that is developing day by day,
21:16despite the efforts of the government,
21:19which is still beginning to bear fruit.
21:22Because there are controls at the base,
21:25in an anticipatory way,
21:27on the beaches,
21:29thanks to the collaboration of the population.
21:32But we ask that today,
21:34many young people should migrate.
21:37Why should they migrate?
21:39Because there is not enough employment creation in the economy.
21:42So how to create employment in the economy?
21:45How to accelerate economic development?
21:49How to improve the quality of life?
21:52Even if there is a lot of effort
21:54that has been made under President Nakissar
21:57to develop the road network,
22:00the track network, rural electrification,
22:03drinking water.
22:05Despite everything, the first social demand
22:08is that of the housekeeper.
22:10Today, housekeepers say that prices are high,
22:14that they have no income.
22:16So we will necessarily have to meet these expectations.
22:19Because today there is a very strong expectation.
22:22And the populations have become very demanding.
22:25It is much more difficult today for governments
22:28to function with social networks,
22:31with immediate interoperations.
22:35I wanted to ask you the question you answered.
22:38In Senegal, there is still
22:40nearly 20% unemployment in this country.
22:44You answered well.
22:46The challenges are enormous.
22:48And of course, the government will look at this issue.
22:51I would just like to come back with you
22:53on the major issues related to the sharing
22:56of the natural resources of fishing,
22:58which was at the heart of the election campaign.
23:02What can you tell us about this issue?
23:05Yes, especially the natural resources.
23:08Because Senegal discovered oil and gas.
23:12And it is that gas.
23:14We are going to be a big country
23:16that produces gas and oil.
23:19And it is clear that if we do not manage
23:23these resources very well,
23:26it can create frustration.
23:28Because there is a risk
23:31on the economic fabric itself.
23:34Because there are agricultural lands
23:37or pocket areas that will be impacted
23:40by oil exploitation.
23:42So that means that the actors
23:45who are active in these areas
23:47will have to find alternatives.
23:50Because they are not qualified
23:54to be able to go directly
23:57to work in the oil or gas industry.
24:00Secondly, there is the diversification of the economy.
24:06How to make sure that we do not have
24:09what is called the Dutch disease.
24:11So that oil not only allows the state
24:14to win revolutions,
24:16but that these revolutions are used
24:18to diversify the economy.
24:20Today, even in agriculture,
24:22there are many challenges.
24:24Because we still have very seasonal agriculture.
24:27Farmers work practically
24:29for 4-5 months.
24:31After that, they are unemployed.
24:33That's what makes the bed of clandestine migration.
24:36Because it is young unemployed
24:38in the villages that will increase in life.
24:41And gradually, they will also try
24:44to go abroad, especially in Europe.
24:47Already Morocco in particular.
24:49And so, if we manage to demonstrate,
24:52to develop agriculture,
24:54to practice agriculture in all seasons.
24:57I myself am a rural mayor.
24:59So that's something I know very well.
25:02It will also be a way
25:04to limit clandestine migration
25:06and unemployment.
25:08Because in Senegal, we have a problem
25:10of unemployment and unemployment.
25:12The third challenge
25:14is obviously the environmental impact.
25:19I was going to talk a little bit
25:21about agriculture,
25:23but there are all the risks
25:25of the Black Sea.
25:27There is also the sharing
25:29of human income.
25:31So there are all these challenges
25:33for the future government.
25:35I don't know if there will really
25:37be a government.
25:39In any case, the government
25:41with the parliament,
25:43who will vote on the finance law
25:45and the orientation law,
25:47or the social demand.
25:49So, just one last question
25:51and very obviously, Mubarak,
25:53the fight against corruption
25:55is one of the first objectives
25:57of the president and his minister,
25:59therefore Ousmane Sanko,
26:01to transform the state and its justice
26:03and create a court
26:05to judge the politicians
26:07of 2021-2023.
26:09Very briefly, how do you imagine
26:11the creation of this court?
26:13I did not hear the question.
26:15You talked about justice.
26:17The creation of the court
26:19to judge the politicians.
26:21The court of?
26:23The court, for the creation
26:25of the court of justice
26:27to be able to judge
26:29the politicians
26:31of 2021-2023.
26:33What do you think about it?
26:35No, no.
26:37The court of justice
26:39is already included in the constitution.
26:41It is enough for the National Assembly
26:43to decide to put in place
26:45this court,
26:47which is composed, if my memory is correct,
26:49of 15 parliamentarians,
26:51but which is supervised, let's say,
26:53by the justice,
26:55to allow it to function.
26:57Currently, as the
26:59State Assembly
27:01will detain
27:03up to 140,
27:05if possible,
27:07or even more, deputies over 165,
27:09so
27:11an overwhelming majority,
27:13there will be no difficulty
27:15in putting in place
27:17this court.
27:19Now, the challenge is
27:21not only to judge
27:23the previous facts,
27:25but also to make sure
27:27that those who govern
27:29can also follow
27:31the path of transparency.
27:33Because whether it is
27:35justice destined or defeated,
27:37even those who
27:39currently govern
27:41must know that
27:43everything else, as the President said,
27:45will be paid
27:47through investigations
27:49and through tribunals,
27:51etc., etc.
27:53Thank you very much
27:55for answering our invitation
27:57and for bringing all these
27:59clarifications on
28:01the legislative
28:03that took place in Senegal.
28:05I remind you that you are an economist
28:07and President of the Emergency Cabinet.
28:09You have been live with us
28:11since Dakar.
28:13Thank you again.
28:15Thank you very much.
28:17And this is the end of this newscast.
28:19The return of the information
28:21in a few moments.
28:35Thank you very much.