Reacting to the debate over the constitutional revision during the Diomaye Président coalition press conference, Minister Abdourahmane Diouf stressed that no one will be able to destabilise Senegal as long as Bassirou Diomaye Faye remains at the helm of the country. He noted that the head of state had, since 2024, provided guarantees regarding the preservation of institutional stability and social peace.
The minister also revisited the 2024 electoral process, asserting that Ousmane Sonko at the time favoured postponing the presidential election, before eventually backing Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s candidacy during the campaign. According to Abdourahmane Diouf, the National Assembly president is now straying from that dynamic, even accusing him of having ‘betrayed’ the head of state and of engaging in ‘political manipulation’ within the framework of the institutional reforms under discussion.
Diouf further pointed out that previous presidents, although they also held parliamentary majorities, did not use that position of strength to alter the Constitution in the manner now proposed. In his view, if such changes had been made earlier, today’s political players would simply not have been able to champion the reforms they now advocate.
Abdourahmane Diouf was particularly harsh toward the National Assembly president, Ousmane Sonko, reminding him that he had previously presented himself as the ‘guardian of the revolution’ — a posture he considers incompatible with the responsibilities Sonko now holds at the head of the National Assembly. ‘We have no use for a bogus guide…’ he said.
The minister also revisited the 2024 electoral process, asserting that Ousmane Sonko at the time favoured postponing the presidential election, before eventually backing Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s candidacy during the campaign. According to Abdourahmane Diouf, the National Assembly president is now straying from that dynamic, even accusing him of having ‘betrayed’ the head of state and of engaging in ‘political manipulation’ within the framework of the institutional reforms under discussion.
Diouf further pointed out that previous presidents, although they also held parliamentary majorities, did not use that position of strength to alter the Constitution in the manner now proposed. In his view, if such changes had been made earlier, today’s political players would simply not have been able to champion the reforms they now advocate.
Abdourahmane Diouf was particularly harsh toward the National Assembly president, Ousmane Sonko, reminding him that he had previously presented himself as the ‘guardian of the revolution’ — a posture he considers incompatible with the responsibilities Sonko now holds at the head of the National Assembly. ‘We have no use for a bogus guide…’ he said.
