On Monday, June 29, 2026, Senegal’s National Assembly passed the constitutional revision bill by a sweeping majority. Despite the opposition’s boycott of the plenary session, all 129 Pastef deputies present in the chamber voted in favour.
After the vote, National Assembly President Ousmane Sonko addressed the disagreements he has with President Bassirou Diomaye Faye over specific provisions of the text.
“We still have hope. Because it will never be too late to get back to the essentials, back to what defines his political soul. I don’t think he could have changed so much in such a short time,” Sonko stated, directly addressing the head of state.
Sonko specifically raised the issue of the president’s asset declaration. He noted that the original draft required a declaration both at the start and at the end of the presidential term, before reservations were raised.
“He himself said it when he was a candidate: the president of the republic must declare his assets upon entering and leaving office. The videos exist. What changed?” Sonko asked.
He argued that a promise made to the Senegalese people cannot be altered according to circumstances.
“By what right can a single person give themselves the latitude to pick and choose which provisions suit them and which do not? That is unacceptable,” he declared.
These statements highlight the increasingly visible tensions between the two main figures, who had together carried Pastef’s political project during the March 2024 presidential election.
