MADRID Dec. 3 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Prime Minister of Senegal, Ousmane Sonko, has announced a slight reshuffle of his Government following the victory of his party, African Patriots of Senegal for Work, Ethics and Fraternity (PASTEF), in the early legislative elections in November , with changes in only two of the 25 portfolios.
Sonko has been forced to make these changes after the until now Minister of Infrastructure, Malick Ndiaye, was elected on Monday as the new president of the National Assembly, the official name of the Senegalese Parliament.
Thus, Ndiaye is replaced by Yankhoba Diémé, who until now held the Labor portfolio, a position that passes into the hands of former deputy Abass Fall, according to a statement published by the Presidency of Senegal with the composition of the Executive, made up of 25 ministers and five secretaries. of State.
In this way, the Government also maintains the same number of positions, hours after Sonko confirmed that he would remain in office and would renounce his deputy status, amid speculation about his possible appointment as the new president of the National Assembly.
Last week, the Constitutional Council ratified PASTEF’s victory in the elections, in which it won the absolute majority by winning 130 of the 165 seats. Behind them were the Takku Wallu Senegal coalition – headed by former president Macky Sall – with 16; and Diam Ak Njarin, with seven, among other parties that achieved representation.
Sonko himself said last week that these results represent “a renewed mandate” to the “systemic transformation project” launched by the current president, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, after his victory in the March presidential elections.
The president won the elections – in which Sall could not run after completing his two terms – after running as an opposition candidate following the exclusion of the now prime minister due to a previous conviction against him, which he attributed to persecution by the authorities to remove him from politics.
After winning the presidential election, Faye appointed Sonko as prime minister with the aim of promoting their joint agenda, although the Government has since denounced that Sall’s allies were blocking the reforms and proposals put before Parliament, thus causing a blockage. at the legislative level now resolved with the overwhelming victory of PASTEF at the polls.
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