Débat « Chef de l’État-Chef de parti » : Quand la réalité du pouvoir rattrape l'idéal de la rupture
Invited to the Sunday program "Objection" on Sud FM, Dr. Mor Seck, an expert in political organization, administration, and management, delivered an uncompromising analysis of the institutional crisis shaking the highest levels of government. According to him, the dismissal of Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko by President Bassirou Diomaye Faye forcefully reignites the long-standing debate on the dual role of head of state and head of a political party.
For Dr. Seck, the latent risk of an institutional blockage through the National Assembly held by the former prime minister and head of Pastef illustrates the vulnerability of a President of the Republic without control over his political apparatus.
For years, civil society and opposition forces, particularly Pastef, fought to end the practice of the "President-Head of Party," deemed detrimental to the impartiality of institutions. Yet, in practice, Dr. Mor Seck observes a harsh return to reality.
"If the President of the Republic were, as usual, the president of the ruling party, we would not be experiencing this situation and this latent risk of institutional deadlock after the dismissal of the Prime Minister," the expert analyzes.
Pastef's commitment to banishing the figure of the head of state as party leader is now clashing with the harsh reality of hyper-presidentialism. Indeed, without direct control over the grassroots members and the majority's members of parliament—who have remained loyal to Ousmane Sonko, the party president—Bassirou Diomaye Faye faces the immense challenge of governing in the face of his own electoral machine.
Should we return to the old model: Head of State-Head of Party? The debate has now been reignited.
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