« Pas de scènes de ménage éternelles » : Aminata Touré s'exprime sur le gouvernement Lo et recadre le débat
While the composition of the new government led by Ahmadou Alamine Mohamed Lo continues to spark debate and questions, Aminata Touré has stepped forward to defend President Bassirou Diomaye Faye's choices. Faced with criticism regarding the absence of key Pastef party leaders from the government, the former Prime Minister calls for respect for democratic principles and for prioritizing the national interest. The appointment of the new government marks a further stage in the restructuring of power in Senegal.
With thirty ministers, mostly technocrats and close to the head of state, the government team further formalizes the political distance that has developed between President Diomaye Faye and his former political mentor Ousmane Sonko, now president of the National Assembly.
For Aminata Touré, coordinator of the Diomaye President coalition, questions about the political legitimacy of this team are unfounded. "We must remember democratic principles," insists the RFI Africa guest. According to her, Bassirou Diomaye Faye was elected by the Senegalese people with more than 54% of the vote and fully possesses the constitutional power to appoint a Prime Minister and approve the government proposed by him. For the former head of government, this new team is above all "a choice of efficiency." "The Senegalese people are only concerned with one thing: that we get to work," she asserts, dismissing the political speculation surrounding the formation of the executive branch.
A parliamentary majority that raises questions
But beyond the composition of the government, it is above all the institutional balance that is attracting attention. With a National Assembly largely dominated by Pastef under the presidency of Ousmane Sonko, several observers are already talking about an unprecedented form of political cohabitation. Aminata Touré, however, rejects this alarmist interpretation. She first points out that President Bassirou Diomaye Faye himself remains a member of Pastef, as do several ministers in the current government. "It's an internal party matter," she asserts. According to her, difficulties will only arise if certain actors try to manipulate the institutions for personal gain.
"Senegalese people don't want endless domestic disputes."
In a context marked by growing tensions between the two leading figures of the outgoing government, Aminata Touré is sending a thinly veiled message to the political class. "We can't be stuck in these endless domestic disputes," she warns. For her, Senegal cannot afford an institutional crisis while the population's concerns remain numerous: employment, the cost of living, healthcare, education, and economic development.
The former presidential candidate believes that each institution must now remain within its proper role: the National Assembly to oversee government action, the executive branch to govern, the judiciary to interpret the law, and the Constitutional Council to ensure the constitutionality of laws. "The Senegalese people will judge based on the facts," she asserts.
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