Senegal: To "Dislodge" Sonko From the Perch, the Opposition Seizes the 7 Sages of the Republic
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Subject to unprecedented cohabitation in the face of his own party, the Senegalese president may find it difficult to pass his government's bills in the face of a hostile National Assembly.
This time, the political arm intensified in Dakar between Ousmane Ousmane and the opposition. The 35 deputies officially seized the Constitutional Council on Monday, 8 June 2026, to challenge the reinstatement of the leader of the PASTEF to the National Assembly, then his election to the perch of the institution on 26 May 2026.
Two deputies from the Senegalese opposition referred the file of the return of former Deputy and Prime Minister Osman Sonko to the Constitutional Council, demanding that the decision allowing him to regain his parliamentary seat be revoked, considering that it was contrary to the provisions of the Constitution. The deputies in the appeal said that Sonko had become a representative when he took over the presidency of the Government following his …
Professor Meissa Diakhaté, an associate of the Faculty of Law and Director of the Centre for Legal, Advisory and Legal Assistance (CERACLE), believes that the challenges to the reinstatement of Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko to the National Assembly, as well as his election to the presidency of this institution, face several legal obstacles. In a contribution entitled "The blind spots of the Prime Minister's reintegration into the National Assembl…
Macky's Party Says Diomaye-Sonko Fallout A Clear Failure Of The Pastef's 'project' – The Standard Newspaper
The Alliance for the Republic (APR) of former President Macky Sall has raised its voice in response to the current political situation. Meeting within its National Executive Secretariat (SEN), the party expressed its “deep concern” over a “major political crisis” at the highest levels of government, against a backdrop of tensions between President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and the President of the National Assembly, Ousmane Sonko. In a statement rel…
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