« De Projet-Pastef à Pastef-Prod » : Thierno Bocoum dénonce une Assemblée transformée en scène de théâtre politique
The president of AGIR-Les leaders, Thierno Bocoum, has launched another attack against Pastef and its parliamentary majority. In a scathing statement, the former MP denounces the tensions at the highest levels of government, questions the sincerity of parliamentary inquiries, and accuses those in power of prioritizing political calculations over the concerns of the Senegalese people.
Thierno Bocoum doesn't mince words. For him, the promised transformation project for the Senegalese people has gradually given way to a veritable political charade. He claims to have foreseen this shift when he and Pastef were still part of the opposition.
“When we were still together in the opposition, I warned about the political trickery, populism and contradictions of Pastef. I was then labeled: 'Opponent of the opposition'. Power came and with it, the progressive confirmation of my concerns,” he recalls.
Today, he believes, the facts bear him out. Between the persistent difficulties related to employment, purchasing power, electricity, flooding, and the cost of living, Thierno Bocoum believes that Senegalese people are still waiting for the promised results. "On many fronts, promises have outpaced achievements," he asserts.
The former parliamentarian also revisited his warnings regarding the composition of Pastef's list for the legislative elections. "I had, however, remembered a popular saying from our region: 'Lu fégne ci seey, ñuyo na ci góoroo.' In other words, what is revealed at the wedding is generally foretold during the engagement. The signs were there. We simply had to accept facing them. I had also raised concerns about Pastef's list for the legislative elections. I saw in it less a desire to build a parliamentary majority serving the Senegalese people than a desire to prepare for a future power struggle with the President of the Republic, in a battle for control of power and its privileges," he insisted.
In his view, the current tensions at the top of the state and the political use of the parliamentary majority now reinforce this interpretation.
He particularly laments that after having supported the government more than controlled its actions for almost two years, this majority now finds itself propelled to the forefront of a political confrontation.
While acknowledging that oversight of government action is a fundamental mission of the National Assembly, Thierno Bocoum expresses serious reservations about the motivations behind parliamentary inquiries. He suspects, in particular, a strategy aimed at transforming these commissions into political arguments to justify a potential dissolution of the institution.
"The National Assembly was dissolved because we wanted to shed light on the scandals and enlighten the Senegalese people," he says ironically, anticipating the speech that he believes could be given to the public.
"Some people can't even read the questions they're asked."
Thierno Bocoum is equally critical of the members of parliament. He openly questions the competence of some elected officials to conduct serious parliamentary investigations. "Some don't even know how to read the questions they are asked. Others clearly don't understand the answers they receive," he accuses.
He points out that a commission of inquiry is not a court and warns against any attempt to steer the hearings with the sole aim of incriminating people before the facts have even been established.
Another contradiction raised concerns the financial management of the National Assembly itself. The president of AGIR-Les leaders maintains that, since the beginning of the legislative session, the institution's budget has not been the subject of any report from the accounting and oversight committee on the state of revenues and expenditures submitted to the National Assembly. "We cannot demand transparency from others while allowing doubt to linger about our own management," he insists.
For Thierno Bocoum, the conclusion is undeniable: the National Assembly has become a stage where political rivalries for power are now played out. Hence his scathing remark: "We have thus gone from Projet-Pastef to Pastef-Prod."
According to him, the project meant to transform Senegal has given way to a machine for producing controversies, political sequences and narratives designed to maintain militant mobilization.
Calling on Senegalese people to put an end to this "parenthesis of perpetual entertainment," he urges those in power to return to genuine national priorities. "A people does not thrive on controversy. It does not develop through slogans," he insists.
Thierno Bocoum ended on a pointed note: Senegal must not become "a huge theatre stage, where political actors play their part while the Senegalese pay the price of the show".
Commentaires (21)
Et vous vous demandez toujours pq vous allez passer tte votre vie dans l'opposition?
La politique d'aujourd'hui demande beaucoup de discernement, d'intelligence et surtout d'éthique et de constance et c'est pas donné à tout le monde
Senegal sunu reew
des bourgeois, nullard, sans vergogne, futé....... et ce que je ne veux pas dire.....
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