The Senegalese National Assembly rejected a draft revision of the constitution presented by the new authorities, seen as a step towards the dissolution of a parliament hostile to the government.
The deputies rejected, by 83 votes to 80, the project to abolish two consultative institutions, at the end of heated debates broadcast on social media on Monday evening.
The new president, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, elected in March, and his prime minister, Ousmane Sonko, do not have a majority in the National Assembly, elected in 2022, and where the camp of former president Macky Sall continues to dominate.
According to the Senegalese system, Faye and Sonko need a parliamentary majority to implement the policies of rupture they promised in the name of left-wing pan-Africanism and social justice. The President can dissolve parliament, but not before two years have passed.
Faye will be able to do so from 12 September, according to the press, citing an opinion from the Constitutional Council consulted by the government.
The revision would have abolished the Higher Council of Local Authorities and the Economic, Social and Environmental Council.
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