Passe d’armes à l’Assemblée : Ayib Daff » et Me Tall accusent Tafsir Thioye de « manipulateur »
The plenary session devoted to the second reading of the law amending the Electoral Code was marked by a heated verbal confrontation between deputies, following accusations of "false text" made by Tafsir Thioye.
Speaking in response to his colleague, Pastef MP Mohamed Ayib Salim Daffe firmly rejected any accusations against the National Assembly administration. In a highly critical tone, he denounced what he considered an attempt at political manipulation. "You have to be deceitful to say that the Assembly administration is committing fraud. It's manipulation, hypocrisy," he declared, addressing Tafsir Thioye.
According to him, the preliminary question raised by the opposition MP had no serious legal basis. "This preliminary question is not a valid one because Tafsir Thioye is engaging in manipulation," insisted the president of the Pastef parliamentary group.
"To throw the administration to the wolves"
The MP also expressed regret that the parliamentary administration was being publicly implicated in this affair. "It's easy to throw the administration to the wolves to create a spectacle for political reasons," he denounced.
Going further, Ayib Daffé accused his colleague of practicing what he called "parliamentary mercenary work", in a particularly tense atmosphere within the chamber.
The chairman of the Law Commission, Abdoulaye Tall, also spoke to defend the regularity of the procedure. According to him, the administration of the National Assembly is "irreproachable" and the aforementioned amendments resulted from amendments adopted within the normal framework of parliamentary work. He affirmed that amendments had indeed been introduced in committee and then approved in plenary session. "In plenary session, a second amendment was proposed and voted on," he explained.
"The President of the Republic never spoke of a fake text."
Abdoulaye Tall also criticized Tafsir Thioye for attributing statements to the President of the Republic that he never made. "Don't put words in the President's mouth," he warned. According to him, Bassirou Diomaye Faye never mentioned a "false text," but simply the existence of "two versions" of the document submitted after the parliamentary vote.
The chairman of the Law Commission recalled that the presidential referral was specifically aimed at determining which version actually corresponded to the text adopted by the deputies.
To support his argument, Abdoulaye Tall cited a historical precedent dating back to 1974. He recalled that at the time, a law concerning public holidays had also been amended after its adoption, prompting President Léopold Sédar Senghor to request a second reading. "The institutions work in a complementary fashion," he maintained. Before concluding, he stated: "This law is a law of the Republic and will be passed."
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