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Senegal President Names Opposition Leader, Sonko Prime Minister by OZIOGU1: 2:54pm On Apr 03 |
Left-wing pan-Africanist, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, on Tuesday became Senegal’s youngest president, pledging systemic change after years of deadly turmoil and announcing his mentor, opposition figure Ousmane Sonko, as prime minister. Faye, 44, has never previously held an elected office. He swept to a first-round victory on a promise of radical reform just 10 days after being released from prison. He took the presidential oath in front of hundreds of officials and several African heads of state at an exhibition centre in the new town of Diamniadio, near Dakar. He then returned to the capital, with his motorcade greeted by hundreds of jubilant residents who lined the roads leading to the presidential palace. His predecessor, Macky Sall, symbolically handed Faye the key to the presidential headquarters before leaving the palace. “Before God and the Senegalese nation, I swear to faithfully fulfil the office of President of the Republic of Senegal,” Faye had said earlier in the day. Just hours later, his new administration appointed firebrand opposition leader Sonko prime minister. “Mr Ousmane Sonko is named prime minister,” said Oumar Samba Ba, the general secretary of the presidency, as he read out a decree on the public television station RTS. Sonko, 49, was at the centre of a two-year stand-off with the state that triggered bouts of deadly unrest. He was disqualified from running in the most recent race and picked Faye as his replacement on the presidential ballot. The former tax inspector is Senegal’s fifth president since independence from France in 1960 and the first to openly admit to a polygamous marriage. “I am aware that the results of the ballot box express a profound desire for systemic change,” Faye said in a brief speech after taking the presidential oath. “Under my leadership, Senegal will be a country of hope, a peaceful country with an independent judiciary and a strengthened democracy,” he added. Faye and Sonko were among a group of opposition politicians freed from prison 10 days before the March 24 presidential ballot under an amnesty announced by former president Macky Sall, who had tried to delay the vote. “I have painful memories of the martyrs of Senegalese democracy, the amputees, the wounded and the former prisoners,” Faye said Tuesday, referring to the past three years of political unrest that left dozens dead and hundreds arrested. “I will always bear in mind the heavy sacrifices made in order never to disappoint you,” he added. Faye also reiterated to foreign partners “Senegal’s openness to trade that respects our sovereignty and meets the aspirations of our people, in a mutually beneficial partnership”. Commonly known as Diomaye, or “the honourable one”, his promise of radical change won the election with 54.3 percent of the vote. Reconciliation, sovereignty Working with his populist mentor Sonko, Faye’s campaign set out priorities of national reconciliation, easing the cost-of-living crisis and fighting corruption. He has also vowed to restore national sovereignty over key assets such as the oil, gas and fishing sectors. Senegal is due to start hydrocarbon production later this year. aye also wants to replace the CFA franc, which he sees as a French colonial legacy, with a new common regional currency, and to invest more in agriculture with the aim of reaching food self-sufficiency. After three tense years in the traditionally stable nation, his democratic victory has been internationally hailed, by Washington, Paris, the African Union and the European Union. On the international stage, Faye seeks to bring military-run Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger back into the fold of the regional Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) bloc. On Tuesday, he urged “more solidarity” between African countries “in the face of security challenges”. The military regimes in Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea all sent representatives to Diamniadio, including Guinean president General Mamady Doumbouya. Burkina Faso’s leader Captain Ibrahim Traore wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that Faye’s mandate represented a “symbol of a new era for an uninhibited, free and sovereign Africa”. He added he was ready to work together on “the renovation of sub-regional and international cooperation”.
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Re: Senegal President Names Opposition Leader, Sonko Prime Minister by Oxb90: 3:10pm On Apr 03 |
That's the way to go. Unlike in some places, where it is a winner-takes-all. 7 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Senegal President Names Opposition Leader, Sonko Prime Minister by odinaccess: 3:13pm On Apr 03 |
First time holding office , 1 Like |
Re: Senegal President Names Opposition Leader, Sonko Prime Minister by OZIOGU1: 3:15pm On Apr 03 |
Oxb90: Just say Nigeria my brother, we should be practicing it here 3 Likes |
Re: Senegal President Names Opposition Leader, Sonko Prime Minister by Dundalk(m): 3:15pm On Apr 03 |
1 Like |
Re: Senegal President Names Opposition Leader, Sonko Prime Minister by hisgrace090: 3:16pm On Apr 03 |
I'm sure he's going be a blessing to his people. 2 Likes |
Re: Senegal President Names Opposition Leader, Sonko Prime Minister by OlujobaSamuel: 3:20pm On Apr 03 |
Oxb90:It's still winner takes all oo, the dude he appointed is just like Wike to Tinubu. He was the one that pushed Faiye when the sitting president use the court against him 5 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Senegal President Names Opposition Leader, Sonko Prime Minister by OZIOGU1: 3:29pm On Apr 03 |
Dundalk: I hail you chief 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Senegal President Names Opposition Leader, Sonko Prime Minister by Ikaeniyan0: 3:32pm On Apr 03 |
Without sonko, he won't have won the election 3 Likes |
Re: Senegal President Names Opposition Leader, Sonko Prime Minister by Ikaeniyan0: 3:33pm On Apr 03 |
Oxb90:Sonko supported him. He's just rewarding him for supporting him 3 Likes |
Re: Senegal President Names Opposition Leader, Sonko Prime Minister by Dundalk(m): 3:36pm On Apr 03 |
Re: Senegal President Names Opposition Leader, Sonko Prime Minister by Finquas: 3:39pm On Apr 03 |
Sonko is Faye .. and faye is Africans Trump |
Re: Senegal President Names Opposition Leader, Sonko Prime Minister by olatade(m): 3:41pm On Apr 03 |
No winner takes all or politics of bitterness here. |
Re: Senegal President Names Opposition Leader, Sonko Prime Minister by faceland: 3:45pm On Apr 03 |
Which one is left-wing. Is their right-wing nationalists in Black Africa? |
Re: Senegal President Names Opposition Leader, Sonko Prime Minister by id4sho(m): 4:57pm On Apr 03 |
44, another yeye bello |
Re: Senegal President Names Opposition Leader, Sonko Prime Minister by Felabrity: 5:02pm On Apr 03 |
Overwise want finish this guy |
Re: Senegal President Names Opposition Leader, Sonko Prime Minister by 007kjb: 8:05pm On Apr 03 |
That Sonko is very wealthy |
Re: Senegal President Names Opposition Leader, Sonko Prime Minister by Belurved1(m): 9:16pm On Apr 03 |
Suicide mission loading. Felabrity: |
Re: Senegal President Names Opposition Leader, Sonko Prime Minister by mytime24(f): 9:32pm On Apr 03 |
Good for Senegalese |
Re: Senegal President Names Opposition Leader, Sonko Prime Minister by richiemcgold: 9:34pm On Apr 03 |
ECOWAS needs to be serious about this agelong idea of single currency. I think this is the best time to make it happen. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Senegal President Names Opposition Leader, Sonko Prime Minister by tobenuel(m): 9:38pm On Apr 03 |
This piece of news is irrelevant to we Nigerians |
Re: Senegal President Names Opposition Leader, Sonko Prime Minister by Oromoni619: 9:45pm On Apr 03 |
Nice |
Re: Senegal President Names Opposition Leader, Sonko Prime Minister by LIVE08(m): 7:22am On Apr 10 |
OZIOGU1:Happy Eid Mubarak bro. |
Re: Senegal President Names Opposition Leader, Sonko Prime Minister by OZIOGU1: 7:58am On Apr 12 |
LIVE08: Same bro, hope you had a good sallah celebration? |
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