Révision constitutionnelle : Abdourahmane Diouf démonte les « cinq épisodes » de la stratégie de Pastef
The heated debate surrounding the constitutional revision continues to fuel deep tensions within the Senegalese political class. In a particularly aggressive speech this Sunday, June 28, 2026, Abdourahmane Diouf directly criticized Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, accusing him of trying to impose a doctrinal and revolutionary logic on the state, deemed incompatible with the fundamental principles of the Republic. From the outset, the political figure sought to separate the institutional stability embodied, according to him, by the President of the Republic, from what he characterized as hegemonic personal ambitions at the highest levels of government. "As long as President Bassirou Diomaye Faye is in power, there will be a message of peace," he affirmed, before firmly adding that Senegal remains, above all, "a Republic founded on collective interests and not on the exclusive interests of a single man."
The five episodes of a major political crisis
For the former minister, the crisis currently shaking the National Assembly constitutes the fifth episode in a long political sequence he says he has observed since the advent of the new regime. The first milestone in this dynamic, according to his analysis, was the "manipulation" surrounding the presidential candidacy of Bassirou Diomaye Faye. "Diomaye's choice was imposed on us. This strategic decision was primarily Ousmane Sonko's," he declared. In the same vein, Abdourahmane Diouf formally contested the narrative that the current government was able to thwart the postponement of the 2024 presidential election. "That's pure urban legend. Ousmane Sonko secretly hoped for his own return to the electoral race, but ultimately it was just a group phenomenon to which he ended up adhering out of necessity," he maintained.
The second issue he raised concerns what he calls a "betrayal" of the agreement made with the voters. According to him, the parliamentary majority was elected based on a clear political mandate: to support the actions of the Head of State. "The campaign slogan was to give President Diomaye a clear majority. The members of parliament were elected on this single contractual basis. Those who now claim otherwise are in complete denial," he asserted, believing that the initiatives undertaken in the National Assembly constitute a blatant deviation from the initial objective entrusted to them by the electorate.
"We don't need a guide."
Abdourahmane Diouf then denounced a "political treachery" through the claim of a legitimacy he deemed external to conventional institutions. Without naming specific statements from political leaders, he railed against the importation of the concept of a "revolutionary leader." "We don't have a leader, we have a President of the Republic. We don't have a revolution, we have a Republic. We need neither a leader nor a revolution," he declared emphatically. For him, Senegalese institutions must remain the sole and exclusive framework for the exercise of state power: "You cannot conduct a revolution within a Republic."
The former minister also stirred up controversy regarding the Prime Minister's statements about the common funds and his official salary. According to his argument, Ousmane Sonko is deliberately maintaining ambiguity about the financial amounts mentioned. "He claims not to receive a salary and speaks of 1.7 billion CFA francs in common funds per year, when in reality these are quarterly amounts," he revealed, before questioning the political expediency of such a public airing of the matter: "If these transparency issues were so crucial, why were they only brought up on the day of his dismissal?"
Denouncing an unprecedented "republican inelegance," Abdourahmane Diouf recalled that successive leaders who enjoyed a guaranteed parliamentary majority could also have overhauled the country's institutional framework, but refrained out of pure deference to democratic principles. Concluding his address, he promised a methodical and resolute opposition to the reforms proposed by Pastef: "We will counter everything they undertake, but we will do so with discipline and in strict accordance with democratic rules. We know their strategy perfectly well."
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