Proposition de révision constitutionnelle : « Cette initiative de Pastef pue le désordre institutionnel » (Abdou Aziz Diop)
Invited to the "Objection" program this Sunday on Sud FM, former political advisor to Macky Sall, Abdou Aziz Diop, criticized the method of the current president of the National Assembly Ousmane Sonko and his majority.
For Abdou Aziz Diop, the fundamental problem with the former head of government stems from a lack of state-centric culture. This, he argues, explains the numerous violations of the Constitution and the overlapping jurisdictions that risk plunging the country into a major institutional crisis.
"My problem with Ousmane Sonko is that he doesn't understand the most basic thing when you're interested in political life: he arrived at a time when we went from a savage life to a civilized life," the guest on Sud FM immediately asserted, deploring what he calls a blatant disregard for established rules.
Mr. Diop cites as proof the forced amendment of Articles L29 and L30 by the Pastef parliamentary group on the instructions of the former Prime Minister. Baye Oumar Guèye's guest strongly opposed this reform, which eliminated default as grounds for automatic ineligibility.
According to him, this initiative by the ruling party's MPs is a civic regression that flouts the spirit of the fundamental charter. "Since 2024, the Prime Minister of Senegal has not respected any rules. The last time he trampled on the Constitution was by having his parliamentary group adopt the infamous law amending Articles L29 and L30," he denounced.
He believes that by acting in this way, the majority has trampled on Article 7 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, inserted in the preamble of the Senegalese Constitution.
Recalling the spirit of this article, he argues that when a citizen refuses to comply with a court summons, "he considers himself guilty." Therefore, the removal of the default judgment from the Electoral Code constitutes, in his view, a flagrant violation.
What about the proposed constitutional revision put forward by the parliamentary majority? "This initiative reeks of institutional disorder," he stated bluntly.
To explain his position, Abdou Aziz Diop points to an inexplicable clash between the actions of the President of the Republic and those of the Pastef party members of parliament. He recalls that the Head of State, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, had already initiated a preliminary draft for constitutional revision, prepared by a small committee and submitted to the Constitutional Council. The Council has since issued its decision, validating and amending the text to bring it into compliance.
"When a job is done, we move on to something else," says Abdou Aziz Diop, for whom the President of the Republic remains the only legitimate person to undertake such a project since it is his responsibility, according to the texts, to define the policy of the Nation.
By launching a competing initiative in the Assembly, the majority is creating a "conflict of jurisdiction" that weakens the authority of the executive branch and disrupts the functioning of institutions. This stance, according to the analyst, is needlessly plunging the country into a zone of legal uncertainty.
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