Référendum constitutionnel : Les vraies raisons de la grande offensive du Président Diomaye Faye !
President Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye's decision to submit the constitutional reform, particularly concerning asset declarations, to a referendum is not simply a technical disagreement regarding Article 37. It reflects a commitment to enshrining transparency and integrity at the highest levels of government within a lasting constitutional framework. In his address to the National Assembly, the Minister of Justice and Keeper of the Seals reiterated that the Head of State had informed the Speaker of the National Assembly, by letter dated July 30, 2026, of his decision to submit the proposed revision to the people, in accordance with Article 103 of the Constitution.
Going beyond a simple amendment to Article 37
The primary stated objective is to broaden the scope of the asset declaration. The President accepts the principle of making his asset declaration public at the beginning and end of his term. However, according to the government, limiting this requirement to the head of state alone would create unequal treatment among the main public authorities. The amendment presented by the government therefore aims to extend the obligation to publish to the main authorities holding the highest responsibilities, notably the President of the National Assembly and the Prime Minister.
The challenge, therefore, is to shift from an obligation primarily governed by law to a constitutional requirement. The President of the National Assembly and the Prime Minister are already subject to the asset declaration requirement under the legislation concerning the National Anti-Corruption Office (OFNAC). The reform aims to provide this obligation with greater protection and stability by enshrining it directly in the Constitution.
Why the referendum?
This is precisely where the political and institutional logic of the referendum lies. The President believes that the reform should not remain a one-off amendment to the Constitution. He wants it to be integrated into a broader constitutional revision, addressing several issues requiring an evolution of the institutional framework. The government explains that this approach will allow these different issues to be addressed coherently rather than through isolated modifications. In other words, the referendum would allow the Senegalese people to directly decide on a constitutional reform presented as far broader than the sole issue of asset declaration.
Giving the people a voice
The use of a referendum also represents a choice of popular legitimacy. After parliamentary review, the text will be submitted to the citizens for approval. The Minister of Justice is thus urging members of parliament to adopt the amended Article 37 before submitting it, as part of a comprehensive reform, to the Senegalese people for approval via referendum, based on Article 103 of the Constitution. The President is therefore not presenting the referendum as a means of bypassing Parliament, but as the necessary step to submit a broad constitutional reform to the people.
A reform that begins even before the presidential election
The project goes beyond simply requiring asset declarations from current officials. The President wants asset declarations to become a mandatory part of the presidential candidacy application. They should be made public before the election and, for the elected candidate, serve as the declaration of assumption of office. A candidacy lacking this document could be deemed inadmissible. The aim is therefore to create a chain of transparency extending from the candidate to the official: declaration before the election, declaration upon assuming office, and declaration upon leaving office.
The political message behind the referendum
Ultimately, the President wants to transform transparency into a lasting constitutional rule. The government insists on the need to prevent integrity requirements at the highest levels of government from depending solely on changes in ordinary legislation. The referendum thus becomes the means for citizens to approve a constitutional reform presented as more fundamental: the same transparency requirements for the main state authorities, public disclosure of assets, and strengthened obligations from the moment of presidential candidacy. For the Minister of Justice, it is not simply a matter of amending Article 37, but of using this reform to permanently enshrine transparency at the heart of the Constitution.
Commentaires (44)
Voilà ce que nos législateurs peres de la nation ont produit comme abération: un royaume democratique avec un monarque.
Dans ce pays que tout soit transparent de la présidence à l'assemblée en passant par tous les détenteurs de fonds publics. Voilà na leip leire
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Wasalaam
tous! Même les candidats.
Bien amande avec équitéau profit des senegalais!
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