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President Macky Sall announced the reinstatement of the post on November 24, 2021, more than three months ago, and the National Assembly voted the bill to this effect on December 10. The function of head of government was abolished to everyone’s surprise in 2019. The head of state justified his return by his new responsibilities at the head of the African Union. The Prime Minister will be appointed after the local elections of January 23, said President Macky Sall during an interview with RFI and France 24 in December, without specifying a date. But this appointment, and a possible reshuffle of the government, is still pending.
With our correspondent in Dakar, Charlotte Idrac
« At the end of January, we were asked to dispatch current affairs “, says a ministerial adviser, after the defeat of several members of the government in the local elections. ” But since then, we continue to work as if nothing had happened. We stay tuned. ” A ” strange in-between situation “says another source, who” could create deadlocks on some folders. »
The decision was reportedly initially delayed by the victory of the Lions at the CAN football, assures a member of the presidential coalition, then by the organization of the inauguration ceremony of the new Senegal stadium on February 22. A stadium called “Abdoulaye Wade”, in tribute to the former president. If some members of his party the PDS then evoked a rapprochement with the power, the formation wanted to recall in a press release “ its rooting in the opposition ».
Ongoing negotiations? Busy schedule? A relative of the executive now evokes another track envisaged: that of appointing a Prime Minister and a new government after the legislative elections set for July 31. “ It wouldn’t make sense to set up a new team for a few months “, he explains.
For his part, the minister spokesman for the presidency Seydou Guèye, simply indicates that the head of state will appoint the prime minister ” the desired time ».