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The Parti Democratique Senegalais (Senegalese Democratic Party) is the
party of current president of the republic A. Wade. The party is a member of the
Liberal international and the main colour of its flag is blue.
The evidence for the colour comes from the daily newspaper Sud Quotidien,
published in Dakar on 26 May 2004. It is reported there that the general
secretary of the municipal section of the PDS in the city of Kaolack has decided
to reorganize the party at the municipal level. The operation was nicknamed
Operation bleu ciel (Sky blue operation). In each borough of the city,
general assemblies shall be organized to discuss the problems which currently
affect the PDS. At the end of each session, the party's flag shall be given to
the representative of the borough section, who shall hoist him. At the end of
the operation, "the whole sky over Kaolack will be blue". All members of the
party "shall join enthusiastically the operation".
The whole story (unfortunately without pictures of the blue sky over Kaolack)
can be read online (in French) at
http://fr.allafrica.com/stories/200405261380.html. Note that All Africa's
articles remain in free access only for a short period of time and are later
submitted to a pay-per-view system.]
Kaolack (200,000 inhabitants) is the capital city of the region of Sine Saloum.
The city is located c. 100 km south-east of Dakar and 50 km from the border with
Gambia.
Ivan Sache, 28 May 2004