{"id":4571,"date":"2026-04-06T15:40:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T15:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/?p=4571"},"modified":"2026-04-06T15:40:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T15:40:25","slug":"national-holiday-in-thies-a-strong-signal-of-state-continuity-according-to-amadou-tidiane-wone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/?p=4571","title":{"rendered":"National Holiday in Thi\u00e8s: “A Strong Signal of State Continuity,” According to Amadou Tidiane Wone"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Minister-Advisor to the Presidency defends the choice to relocate the April 4 parade to Thi\u00e8s, seeing it as a symbol of territorial equity and a break with Dakar-centric centralization. An initiative that realizes a twenty-year-old ambition.<\/strong><\/p>\n

DAKAR<\/strong> \u2014 The holding of the national holiday parade in Thi\u00e8s on April 4, 2026, marks a turning point in the organization of this institutional event. Amadou Tidiane Wone, Minister-Advisor to the Presidency, defended this decision during his appearance on the RTS program Point de vue.<\/p>\n

For the senior government official, this relocation constitutes “a strong signal of state continuity,” concretizing a desire expressed more than twenty years ago but never implemented.<\/p>\n

Thi\u00e8s, a City Symbolic of National History<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The choice of Thi\u00e8s is not coincidental. The Minister-Advisor emphasizes the symbolic dimension of this city, which he describes as a “city of refusal” and the “capital of the railway,” embodying the idea of putting “our ambitions for progress back on track.”<\/p>\n

This historical recognition also addresses a city that has seen the emergence of great figures of the Senegalese state, such as L\u00e9opold S\u00e9dar Senghor, former mayor of Thi\u00e8s before becoming the country’s first president.<\/p>\n

A Vision of Territorial Development<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Beyond the particular case of Thi\u00e8s, Amadou Tidiane Wone defends a broader vision of territorial equity. He warns against the “macrocephaly of the capital,” which could fuel a sense of marginalization in other regions of the country.<\/p>\n

“It is important that the commemoration of our accession to international sovereignty be brought closer to the people wherever they are,” he argued, calling for this dynamic to be sustained over time.<\/p>\n

This initiative is part of President Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s stated desire to promote balanced territorial development and reduce Dakar’s excessive weight in the country’s institutional and economic life.<\/p>\n

The question remains whether this experiment will be repeated in the coming years and in which other regions the national parade could be organized.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Minister-Advisor to the Presidency defends the choice to relocate the April 4 parade to Thi\u00e8s, seeing it as a symbol of territorial equity and a break with Dakar-centric centralization. An initiative that realizes a twenty-year-old ambition. DAKAR \u2014 The holding of the national holiday parade in Thi\u00e8s on April 4, 2026, marks a turning […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,27,35],"tags":[68],"class_list":["post-4571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-politic","category-senegambia","tag-thies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4571"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4573,"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4571\/revisions\/4573"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}