El Malick Ndiaye : « Une Constitution ne s'écrit jamais pour ou contre un homme »
The first vice-president of the National Assembly, El Malick Ndiaye, defended the draft revision of the Constitution during its examination in plenary session, calling on the deputies to vote on the substance of the text rather than through the prism of political divisions.
According to him, the reform should only be analyzed in terms of its content. He recalled that using parliamentary channels to revise the Constitution is a practice consistent with Senegal's institutional tradition, emphasizing that the majority of constitutional revisions since independence have been adopted by the National Assembly.
The first vice-president also stressed that the text is the result of a long process of reflection, nourished in particular by the National Conference, the National Commission for Institutional Reform, the Justice Conference, the National Dialogue, the observations of the Constitutional Council and the contributions of parliamentarians.
Responding to criticisms that certain provisions were motivated by political or personal considerations, El Malick Ndiaye recalled a fundamental principle of constitutional law: "A Constitution is by nature general, abstract and impersonal. It is never written for one man, against one man or to respond to a particular circumstance. It applies to everyone, today as tomorrow."
He also argued that the reform does not take away any rights from citizens and that, in his view, it aims to strengthen transparency, consolidate the oversight powers of Parliament, modernize constitutional justice and improve the balance of institutions.
Finally, El Malick Ndiaye recalled that, in accordance with the Constitution, the President of the Republic may, after the adoption of the text by the National Assembly, either promulgate it if he obtains a majority of three-fifths of the votes cast, or submit it to a referendum.
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