The minister also revisited the 2024 electoral sequence, asserting that Ousmane Sonko was at the time in favour of postponing the presidential election, before ultimately backing Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s candidacy during the campaign. According to Abdourahmane Diouf, the president of the National Assembly is now distancing himself from that dynamic, going so far as to accuse him of having “betrayed” the head of state and of engaging in “political manipulation” within the framework of the institutional reforms under discussion.
Furthermore, the minister emphasised that previous presidents, although also holding a parliamentary majority, had not used that position of strength to modify the constitution in the direction now proposed. In his view, had such changes been made earlier, current political actors would simply not have been able to defend the reforms they now champion.
Abdourahmane Diouf was particularly aggressive towards the president of the National Assembly, Ousmane Sonko, reminding him that he had once presented himself as the “guardian of the revolution” — a stance he considers incompatible with the responsibilities Sonko now holds at the head of the National Assembly. “We have no use for a fake guide…” he declared.
