Bassirou Diomaye Faye dissolves the National Assembly and calls for legislative elections on November 17, 2024

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This Thursday, September 12, 2024, Bassirou Diomaye Faye addressed the Senegalese nation in the evening as planned. The President of the Republic, elected in April in the first round, spoke about the delicate political situation he finds himself in, with a Parliament dominated by the opposition, starting with the camp of his predecessor, Macky Sall.

The current head of state of Senegal has therefore decided. According to the rules of the Constitutional Council, Bassirou Diomaye Faye had to wait two years of legislature to be able to dissolve the National Assembly. This milestone was reached on September 12; the President of the Republic announced this dissolution.

” The time has come to open a new temporality »

In his message, Bassirou Diomaye Faye first accused the parliamentary majority of ” rowing against the will of the Senegalese people “.

According to him, the blockages of the last few days in the Assembly have convinced him that ” the pledge of frank collaboration with the parliamentary majority (…) was an illusion “. ” The latter having decided to turn away from the People to promote the cult of blockage and thus hinder the implementation of the project on the basis of which I was elected ” he said.

Under Article 87 of the Constitution, and after consulting the Constitutional Council, the Prime Minister and the President of the National Assembly, the Senegalese President has made his choice: ” I am dissolving the National Assembly to ask the sovereign people for the institutional means that will allow me to give substance to the systemic transformation that I promised them. Today, more than ever, the time has come to open a new temporality to our five-year term. »

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