Ndogou au Palais : ces députés de Pastef qui ont décliné l’invitation de Bassirou Diomaye Faye
The breaking of the fast scheduled for this Friday at the Presidential Palace will not bring together all 130 members of parliament from the presidential coalition. Several members of the Pastef group have publicly announced that they will not accept the invitation from the Head of State, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, who is also a member of the party.
In their respective statements, they cite fundamental political differences and reaffirm their loyalty to the president of Pastef, Ousmane Sonko.
Sheikh Bara Ndiaye: “Diomaye is not our political leader”
Invited to the set of Walf TV, MP Cheikh Bara Ndiaye justified his refusal without mincing words.
“President Bassirou Diomaye Faye is not our political leader. All we are interested in is the Pastef project, the one embodied by Ousmane Sonko and the party,” he declared.
He also believes there is an inconsistency in inviting MPs as members of Pastef while assuming a separate coalition: "If he wants us to be by his side, he only has to change direction," he added.
Fatou Cissé Goudiaby: “A political invitation, not an institutional one”
MP Fatou Cissé Goudiaby also declined the invitation in a lengthy public message.
She believes the meeting is not institutional, but partisan. "A ndogou is a moment of conviviality. And when you invite someone, it calls for a moment of complicity," she writes, while conditioning her participation on "concrete actions" proving that the head of state remains fully aligned with the party.
The parliamentarian also criticized the existence of a coalition that she now considers pointless since the swearing-in of the president-elect. In her view, Pastef does not need her to rule politically.
She poses a clear ultimatum: either the president "remains a Pastef activist" in line with his leader, or he assumes a position of opposition to the party.
Sheikh Omar Bamba Diop: “I refuse to be used as a tool”
The same tone was adopted by MP Cheikh Omar Bamba Diop. In a statement addressed to the nation, he affirmed that he did not want to "legitimize a direction that deviates from the commitments made to the Senegalese people."
He denounces in particular "the public disavowal" of the party leader and the creation of a coalition which, according to him, includes actors who fought against the Pastef project.
"One cannot be simultaneously in a personal coalition and in Pastef without political clarification," he concludes.
Seynabou Yacine Sambe: "out of conviction"
For his part, the Honorable Seynabou Yacine Sambe says he is acting "out of conviction".
She cites several reasons: the need for justice to be done "to the martyrs", the demand for accountability for those who embezzled public funds, and a question about current political coherence.
She also believes that a meeting at the Palace, if it is institutional, should involve all 165 members of parliament. "If it is a partisan meeting, I consider, in principle, that the Palace of the Republic is not the appropriate setting," she emphasized.
While reaffirming her respect for the Head of State, she insists on her loyalty to the project led by Ousmane Sonko and on the need to respect the commitments made to the Senegalese people.
These public stances confirm fault lines within the parliamentary majority itself.
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