Crise au sommet de l'État : Les interrogations du colonel Sankoung Faty
Crisis at the highest levels of government: Colonel Sankoung Faty has reacted to the dispute between the President of the Republic and his Prime Minister. Here is what he wrote on his Facebook page this morning:
"In implementing the consensus for a better balance of state powers, should we reasonably rebalance those of the President of the Republic in favor of the Prime Minister? The question deserves to be asked in these times of manifest crisis between the two figures of the Executive. Since the political and institutional crisis of 1960, President Léopold Sédar Senghor's idea that "Power in Africa is one cap on one head" has inspired the 'presidentialist' option of the Senegalese constituent assembly, which, year after year, has led our democracy to make considerable progress through regular alternations of power after peaceful and uncontested elections."
While the pursuit of democratic performance is legitimate, its normative work must take into account the current socio-political context. It is common knowledge that a genuine political disagreement is playing out in the open between President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and his Prime Minister, Ousmane Sonko, with repercussions on the daily functioning of the institutions. In just the last 48 hours, the presidential coalition held a press conference in clear response to the Pastef parliamentary group's initiative to unilaterally amend the electoral code without any prior consultation, as has been the custom since 1992. Furthermore, the idea of a similar approach had been floated to prevent the President from dissolving the National Assembly more than once during his term.
This is the red line which, from our point of view, if it were to be crossed, would have to lead the President of the Republic to dissolve the National Assembly and to legislate by decree on the consensual reforms, some of which are contained in the drafts published by the Presidency of the Republic.
In this regard, particular attention must be paid to the wording of these various texts, especially the provisions that grant enhanced powers to the Prime Minister. For our part, the status quo in the distribution of powers between the President and the Prime Minister must be maintained, and other reforms should focus on:
- strengthening the independence of the judiciary (the High Council of the Judiciary composed exclusively of judges)
- establishment of a high council of justice (HCJ) inclusive of all bodies of justice, university professors, territorial elected officials and representatives of the State.
- the institution of the judge of liberties
- abandonment of the list system for legislative elections in favor of the single-member departmental system using a single ballot."
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