“OBSERVE, PROPOSE, WARN” (By EL HADJ IBRAHIMA NDIAYE (Spokesperson for Senegal Tomorrow)

I. MY OBSERVATION – A COUNTRY AT A STANDSTILL,

A GOVERNMENT RIPPLED BY RESENTMENT

I speak today not to denounce, but to shed light on the situation. For two years, Senegal has been at a standstill. One word suffices to summarize the situation: paralysis.
Infrastructure is at a standstill.
Investments are frozen.
Government offices are operating at a snail’s pace.
Businesses are waiting.

And our youth… they can no longer wait.
For two years, we have been living not under a government, but under an emotionally driven management of power, where everything is a matter of resentment, settling scores, and political maneuvering.
A country is not governed by resentment: it is governed by a vision.
I say this calmly: this government has no vision.

It reacts.
It obstructs.
It is suspicious.

But it does not act.

II. THE RISK: THAT SENEGAL FOLLOWS MALI’S PATH

I speak here as a responsible leader:
Countries that stop moving forward eventually fall behind. And countries that fall behind eventually collapse.
Look around us:
Mali has crumbled under the weight of internal resentments. Burkina Faso is faltering, Niger is unstable.
Improvised regimes are trying to govern ruins. Jihadists are advancing wherever the state is absent.
I ask the question:
Is this the future we want for our nation?

A stagnant Senegal sooner or later becomes a vulnerable Senegal.

As Michel Onfray wrote: “When a power no longer builds, it destroys.”

And as Senghor said: “No people survives long in division and improvisation.” We are there.

III. MY PROPOSALS — WHICH I SUBMIT TO THE GOVERNMENT WITH GRAVITY

I am not here to replace, compete with, or threaten.

I am here to propose.

I am here to open eyes.

I am here to remind everyone of the essential point: a country must function.

Here is what I propose immediately, if the government wishes to salvage this five-year term:

1. Decree a National Economic Emergency Plan (NEEP), lift the administrative freeze, unblock stalled projects, secure public payments, and reactivate construction sites.
   Not in three months: now.
2. Launch a massive youth employment program:
   – Modernized technical training centers
   – Sector-specific apprenticeship training centers (CFA)
   – Direct incentives for recruiting companies
   – Mobilization of the diaspora through the “Gateway to the Future – Senegal” platform
   – 100,000 young people trained and placed in jobs within 24 months
3. Stabilize and improve governance
   The country cannot be governed by fear or vengeance. I call for an end to the purges, a halt to decisions based on resentment, and a return to the rule of law, dialogue, and reason.

4. Protect Senegal from the fractures of the Sahel
   Strengthen borders, intelligence, border zones, and strategic alliances.
   A weak country is easy prey.
5. Open a national dialogue including the State, businesses, the diaspora, and civil society
   We must return to the Abdou Diouf method:

“Democracy is the ability to talk to each other even when we no longer understand each other.”

IV. MY ULTIMATUM — CLEAR, RESPONSIBLE,
PATRIOTIC

Let me be clear:
If the government persists in its inaction,
if the next two years resemble the two we have just lived through, if resentment continues to replace action, then Senegal Tomorrow will take responsibility.

We will not let this country drift.

We will not let a generation be lost.

We will not let resentment govern instead of courage.

I give the government a timeframe: 100 days.

One hundred days to:
– relaunch projects
– unblock the economy
– secure youth employment
– pacify governance
– open dialogue
– clarify its vision for the nation

If nothing changes, if nothing moves, if the country remains dormant, then I say it unequivocally:
We will act, politically, democratically, legally.

But with the determination of those who refuse the predicted downfall.

V. MY CONCLUSION — A CALL FOR NATIONAL RESUMPTION

I echo the words of Senghor:

“Senegal is only great when it remembers it has a destiny.”
And those of Abdou Diouf:

“Peace is not an inheritance, it is a daily endeavor.”
I extend a hand to the government, but I draw a red line.

I choose unity, but I refuse passivity.

I call for awakening, but I also prepare myself for the democratic struggle.

Because Senegal is worth more than stagnation.

Because our youth is worth more than waiting.

Because our nation is worth more than resentment.

The time for resurgence has come.

Let everyone take responsibility,
for the future of Senegal.

El Hadj Ndiaye 2STV