Dualité Sonko-Diomaye : « Il y a un risque énorme d’aller vers un blocage » (Abdou Fall)
Between a constitutionally all-powerful president and a politically dominant prime minister, the Diomaye-Sonko duo is navigating unprecedented turbulence. For former minister Abdou Fall, the risk of institutional gridlock is real.
Invited to the "Objection" program this Sunday on Sud FM, he declared that the classic democratic model (an opposition and a governing power) that Senegal had known until then has shattered under the Sonko and Diomaye tandem, with an opposition in power.
According to Fall, the executive branch appears to be split into two distinct poles of legitimacy, with "a president who wields all power, including the power to dismiss the prime minister, and a prime minister who holds a dominant position in the National Assembly." Consequently, Abdou Fall argues, this duality between the two men creates "a significant risk of deadlock."
Several scenarios are possible, according to Fall. The first is "the status quo with a risk of decay." That is to say, a superficial coexistence that risks wearing thin over time.
The intermediate scenario, according to Mr. Fall, is a negotiation between the two figures where they acknowledge their respective limitations. "They will then have to open the debate to others, because they cannot decide the fate of the institutions alone," he explains.
The third scenario is separation, with all the unfortunate consequences that entails. In this regard, he warns, "the country is resilient, but we mustn't take advantage of it."
“After Covid, the 2021-2024 political crisis, we heard from the new holders of power to overcome these divisions and get to work. Now they are opening a new project more complex than the previous ones,” he notes, deploring the situation.
However, concludes Abdou Fall, "the means exist to get out of this tension, but we must approach it with a keen sense of responsibility and great wisdom."
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