2024-04-02 23:13:00
The new Senegalese President, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, appointed Ousmane Sonko as Prime Minister by decree a few hours following his inauguration as head of the country on Tuesday April 2. This is the first measure of his presidency.
Published on: 04/03/2024 – 01:13 Modified on: 04/03/2024 – 02:13
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Bassirou Diomaye Faye appointed Ousmane Sonko, the key figure in his election, as Prime Minister on Tuesday evening, according to a decree read on public television (RTS). “ Mr. Ousmane Sonko is appointed Prime Minister », Indicates this decree read by the Secretary General of the Presidency of the Republic Oumar Samba Bâ. “ I measure the importance of the trust he (President Faye) has placed in me », declared on RTS Ousmane Sonko, thanking him and guaranteeing his “ loyalty ” and his ” dedication ».
The founder of the African Patriots of Senegal party for work, ethics and fraternity (Pastef), who was unable to be a presidential candidate, thus finds his place in the institutions. There was no question of letting Bassirou Diomaye Faye, his replacement candidate, govern alone and assume “ this heavy task », as he explained in a first speech Tuesday evening.
« During the meeting which closed our electoral campaign, I said that we are all working to elect President Bassirou Diomaye Faye. There will be no question of leaving him alone to assume this responsibility. I would like to tell the Senegalese, to each and every one, wherever they are, that this project is theirs. And that everyone will have to give the best of themselves so that we achieve the objectives that we have set for Senegal and not for the president. »
« At the head of the team that we are going to form, we will give everything we have and spare no effort to achieve what we promised to the Senegalese people, that is to say, rupture, progress and definitive change in the right direction “, he promised once more.
We therefore did not have to wait long, barely a few hours, to find out the function of the person through whom Bassirou Diomaye Faye became president. Ousmane Sonko, although silent throughout the investiture ceremony, was nonetheless at the center. Acclaimed upon his arrival, also thanked just following Bassirou Diomaye Faye took the oath. “ Sonko djeredef ! » (Thank you Sonko!) began to chant the room of several hundred guests, heart to heart. Thus attesting to the winning strategy of the leader of Pastef: that of letting Bassirou Diomaye Faye run for president in his place, he being ineligible due to a court conviction.
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