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Macky Sall is looking forward to his fast-track. The bill to abolish the post of Prime Minister will be adopted today in the Council of Ministers and sent to the Assembly Thursday. In this constitutional amendment, there is a novelty: the member who leaves the minister's office can continue his mandate. These are among other points of the hearing that the Head of State has granted to the deputies of the majority.
After meeting the National Executive Secretariat of his party on Tuesday, the head of state yesterday exchanged with the deputies of his coalition at the same place, the Presidential Palace, for 1h 30 minutes. In the presidium, there were, besides President Sall, Mahammed Boun Abdallah Dionne, Augustin Tine, Moustapha Niasse, the new Minister of Justice Malick Sall, Ismaïla Madior Fall and Aymérou Gningue. From this hearing that took place in a good-natured atmosphere, Le Quotidien learned that the abolition of the post of Prime Minister takes more form since the Council of Ministers will examine and adopt the bill today. And the next day, Thursday, he will be on the table of the office of the National Assembly. The Conference of Presidents will then set the date of the plenary. This meeting was obviously an opportunity to put the members of the parliamentary group Benno Bokk yaakaar in the bath since it will be up to them to defend and vote. Macky Sall wants to ensure that "his" MPs come together for "a vote without a hitch". Moustapha Niasse, in this regard, recalled "the advantage of having a strong majority". "Whatever the President asks, we will do it," he said. And Aymerou Gningue adds: "Mr. the President, you can rest easy. This law will pass as a letter to the post office. "
A Member can resume his mandate after leaving
the government
In total, according to sources who attended this meeting, more than 20 articles are affected by the constitutional amendment. And Article 56 of the Constitution will introduce a new provision. In essence, a deputy appointed minister and replaced by his deputy may resume his term of office after termination of his office in the government. This is already the case in many countries like France.
The Rules of Procedure will be updated during the vote on the Pm Law
But it will also be a question of updating the Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly. Work that the president of the Commission of the laws, Seydou Diouf, began since last May. Some infer that Macky Sall had the idea to remove the post of prime minister since. And that he was only waiting for his reelection to make it a reality. In addition, if the Policy Statement will disappear after the abolition of the PM position, the oral, written and topical questions will be maintained. And here, it is the ministers who will have to answer to the National Assembly. Therefore, parliamentarians will be asked to consider both the bill that will be defended by Boun Abdallah Dionne himself and the rules of procedure. Apparently, the question should not be finally on the menu of the dialogue, the President wanting to go very fast as his "fast-track". "5 years is not a lot and that's why the change is now," said Macky Sall.
MEPs want better treatment
Members of Bby took the opportunity to state their grievances. The president of the Law Commission, Seydou Diouf, took the floor to insist on the means to make available to elected officials, recalling that many have beaten campaign in the Presidential "on own funds". While Socialist Sheikh Seck invited the President to review the status of deputies. He said their counterparts in other West African countries have "better treatment". Indemnities means. There was also talk of the President's inauguration when MPs denounced the behavior of the protocol, which could not find them places. Macky Sall first emphasized that the places were made available only to members of the National Assembly Bureau. But he gave instructions to the protocol department to correct these "odd" which are often recurring. Better still, he asked that a note be posted in the various ministries to facilitate the access of the deputies to the services of the State.
Dionne: "We can not afford two elections in a year"
The proposal of Mr. Aïssata Tall Sall for the coupling of Locals and Legislatives has not been well received by many political actors. Yet the election series does not enchant at the highest summit. Yesterday, the Prime Minister said that a poor country like Senegal can not afford to organize "two elections in a year". And before him, it is the head of state himself who would have dropped a sentence in this direction at the meeting of the Executive Secretariat of Apr. "If people are not ready to go to Locals, why not postpone them? But it will of course be in the context of the dialogue with all the actors, "he said. The debate is not yet public, but the local report is behind the scenes.
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