L’opposition sénégalaise interpellée : « Construire une nouvelle majorité pour faire émerger le Sénégal du XXIe siècle » (par Abdou Fall, ancien ministre)
The change of government in 2024 had generated immense hope, particularly among young people.
She had brought a new generation to power, with the promise of a profound transformation of the country.
Since then, developments within this majority, the recomposition of the Executive and Parliament, as well as the debates that accompany them, have profoundly altered the political landscape.
Added to this are the economic and financial constraints, which reduce the State's room for maneuver and undermine the confidence of citizens as well as that of Senegal's partners.
The current political crisis, entrenched at the heart of our institutions, places our country in a phase of de facto political transition, which clearly seems to be nearing its end.
At the same time, it opens a new stage in the recomposition of the forces at play, which calls for reflection and collective initiatives.
In such a context, our duty is to look beyond the difficulties of the moment.
The national political question cannot be reduced to who will govern tomorrow.
Rather, and firstly, it is about determining what kind of Senegal we want to build and on what basis to prepare its future, in a country that still retains all its assets and all its potential, despite the current missteps.
Thus, Senegal today finds itself at the end of a historical cycle.
The republican and democratic opposition is objectively called upon to reinvent itself in order to offer the country the paths to a future of renewal, based on the consolidation and surpassing of the achievements of previous mandates.
That is why it must certainly prepare for the upcoming elections, but it must also look ahead to the future of Senegal, in light of the changes that are taking place in our societies and the world in all areas.
It has the responsibility to create a space for broad consultations and to submit to an exercise of uncompromising evaluation, in order to learn from the past, overcome current tensions and prepare a genuine national alternative, by progressively involving all the active political, economic and social forces of the country.
The APR, its leader, the former companions of BBY, as well as those who have chosen other paths, have experience in the State and in conducting public affairs.
This capital is national, immense and precious.
It can now be combined with society's new aspirations for freedom, transparency, justice, citizen participation, merit, innovation and efficiency.
It is neither about restoring the past nor about denying the present.
The aim is to create a dialogue between experience and renewal, between political generations and new forces.
This is the whole point of the concept of a new majority, to be built on new foundations.
The purpose of an opposition in a democracy is to seize and exercise power.
But, in the current historical circumstances, it must first bring about, beyond partisan boundaries, a foundation of convergence on the major issues that affect the future of Senegal.
A majority of ideas, translated into alternative programs, would not be a coalition of convenience.
It would be the result of convergences between men and women of goodwill, determined to jointly promote values, skills and a major national project.
The aim will be to build a genuine alternative for the refounding of the State and institutions, of schools and language policy, of the economy, of agriculture and industry, of energy policy, of land-use planning and development, as well as of the social contract, adapted to the new realities of a society based on knowledge, innovation, merit and responsibility.
This approach must be open to all the vital forces of the country: entrepreneurs, unions, farmers, informal sector workers, teachers, academics, intellectuals, young people, women, local authorities, civil society, diaspora, cultural and religious world.
Because everyone holds a piece of the answer.
Senegal needs a rallying around shared ideas, values and vision, translated into a consensual political program for the democratic construction of the Nation.
The crises that our institutions are going through today are also part of the transformations affecting the postcolonial state in most French-speaking sub-Saharan African countries.
We must respond in our own way, based on our history, our experience, our national genius and the new aspirations of society.
In this process, President Macky Sall will naturally have to make a decisive contribution.
And whatever the outcome of his candidacy for the United Nations Secretary-General position, his experience in government, Africa and international relations remains an essential resource for the country.
But this approach cannot depend on one man alone.
It must involve several generations of political, economic and social actors, determined to overcome the contingencies of the moment.
We must be able to talk to each other without denying our convictions.
The goal is for us to come together to work together, without erasing our differences.
Perhaps the time has come to move from party and camp politics to project-based politics.
This requires new modes of dialogue, as well as the ambition and clarity necessary for shared governance of public policies.
Alternation of power is essential to democracy. But it cannot be our only horizon.
Alternation changes majorities. Alternatives change perspectives. Refounding changes the country permanently.
This is the path that must be opened, in a spirit of dialogue and collective responsibility.
The opposition now has a duty to launch this dynamic, provided that it sets itself a sufficiently broad ambition to bring together experiences, skills and aspirations around a new national project, that of building a majority of ideas and, in the long term, a governing majority.
With the upcoming elections in mind, whether local, legislative or presidential, the republican and democratic opposition has a duty to unite around a majority of ideas, translated into projects and a program for the term of office.
Based on a collective project to rebuild Senegal, the shared ambition must be to put the country back on the path to emergence, around a government program of broad national unity, without exclusion or spirit of revenge.
The challenge is to build together a new majority capable of transforming our differences into wealth, our experience into strength and our aspirations into the driving force of a free, stable, ambitious, productive and sovereign Senegal.
A Senegal that is undergoing a lasting change of perspective and fully embracing its place among the nations that matter in the 21st century.
By Abdou Fall
Former Minister of State
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