Year Two of Pastef in Power: The PIT Issues a Severe Indictment of Bassirou Diomaye Faye's Regime

Two years after the third political transition that brought President Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye and his Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko to power, the Party of Independence and Labour (PIT) of Senegal delivers a critical analysis of the country's situation, which it considers worrying in several respects.

In a statement received by Seneweb, the PIT recalls that the principle of democratic alternation aims to give new impetus to development and to correct the shortcomings of previous regimes.

However, according to the party, this third change of power, marked by tensions and violence, has not yet produced the expected results.

"What should we think of the third alternation that brought the PASTEF regime to power? Its violent birth, its numerous wounds, the scars inflicted on the country on this occasion, have they, two years later, translated into conclusive results, allowing the majority of Senegalese men and women to say that they were right to bring President Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye to power? Is the government that President Faye has formed, with Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko at its head, proving itself up to the important challenges that Senegal faces?", the party asks.

Continuing, the PIT highlights the real impact of the current governance on the daily lives of Senegalese people. "Are Senegalese people living better lives? Are they safer? Are their freedoms and rights more, or even as much, protected as before? What about the fate of the country's students, the responses given to teachers, and the deadly violence perpetrated against students at Cheikh Anta Diop University in particular, whose only fault was demanding payment of their scholarships? What about the silent tragedy unfolding in the peanut basin, and throughout rural areas in general, amidst a kind of shocking indifference from the government?"

These are just some of the questions raised by the PIT, which doesn't stop there: "What about our country's place in the community of nations, as evidenced by the fate of some of our supporters during the last Africa Cup of Nations who, since January 18th, have been languishing in Moroccan prisons? What about our public finances, our capacity, as a country, to equip ourselves with roads, bridges, hospitals, universities, trains, water and electricity, to continue the national development effort, the momentum of which has been so clearly broken for the past two years?"

The PIT also expresses its concerns about the state of public finances and the country's ability to pursue its structuring projects, particularly in the areas of infrastructure, health, education and energy: "Do not the recent revelations in the 'Financial Times' dated March 23, 2026 attest to the depth of the abyss into which the country's economy has been placed, with such lamentable nonchalance, by its current managers?"

More broadly, the PIT denounces what it describes as governance marked by "negligence, incompetence, nonchalance and an ethical deficit".

Faced with this situation, the PIT calls for a collective awakening. The party invites all active forces – political actors, civil society, youth and women – to unite to "take back control of the country's destiny".

"In this matter, there is no statute of limitations yet, but, obviously, every day lost makes the task more difficult. So yes, let us join hands, political actors, civil society activists, young people, women, Senegalese citizens, to impose the recovery of Senegal which has become urgent! For history and so that tomorrow it is not too late!", warns the PIT.