The Senegalese opposition parties have called on June 8 for a demonstration in tight ranks on the Place de l’Obélisque in Dakar. The reason for this anger? A decree from the Ministry of the Interior, made public on May 31, and ratified by the Constitutional Council on June 3, which invalidates the list for the legislative elections of the incumbents of the main opposition coalition, Yewwi Askan Wi, explains The country. The legislative elections, which will take place on July 31, aim to renew the 165 deputies of the National Assembly, largely dominated by the presidential coalition.
According to the Senegalese Ministry of the Interior, the list of holders of the main opposition platform was incomplete, “especially since she has invested the same person twice as holder and substitute. Consequently, Ousmane Sonko at the top of the list, and many other personalities who do not count for butter, will not be able to take part in the legislative elections of next July 31 since they must systematically be replaced by their respective substitutes.
“And that’s not all”, add The country, who notes that, “already, some are denouncing the ‘bias’ of the Ministry of the Interior, aimed at eliminating the heavyweights of the opposition in the race for the legislative elections, which we know crystallize