Ousmane Sonko accuse Diomaye Faye d'avoir voulu « tripatouiller » la réforme constitutionnelle
The end of the debates on the proposed law to revise the Constitution was marked by a particularly firm statement from the President of the National Assembly, Ousmane Sonko, to the President of the Republic, Bassirou Diomaye Faye.
In a speech that sounded like a clarification, Ousmane Sonko argued that the text submitted to parliament was the result of more than ten years of political commitments, national dialogue, and the work of several expert committees. According to him, these commitments could not be called into question by the will of a single individual. "The Constitution does not belong to Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye," he declared, before criticizing the head of state for attempting to modify provisions that he himself had championed while in the opposition.
The Speaker of the Assembly specifically mentioned the issues of asset declaration at the end of the presidential term and the prohibition against the head of state leading a political party. "We cannot take a text, look at it article by article, and say: no, I no longer want to declare my assets upon leaving office; no, I want to be party president," he stated.
For Ousmane Sonko, this move represents a break with the commitments made by Pastef since 2014 and reaffirmed during the various elections. He went further, asserting that the President of the Republic had begun to "manipulate" the text, retaining only the provisions that suited him personally. "He started seeing what suited him and what didn't, him, the President of the Republic," he maintained.
Despite his strong criticism, Ousmane Sonko extended an olive branch to the head of state. He asked him to promulgate the law adopted by the National Assembly, arguing that a qualified majority vote by the deputies was sufficient to validate the constitutional revision and that a referendum was unnecessary. "What has changed in our younger brother and president?" he asked, before expressing his hope that Bassirou Diomaye Faye would return, in his words, "to what constitutes his political soul" and honor the commitments he made to the Senegalese people.
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