Almost all ballots were counted in the legislative elections in Senegal on Sunday, giving the ruling party a comfortable victory.
President Bassirou Diomaye Faye now has a clear path to implementing an ambitious reform plan as a result of the victory, which comes just a few weeks after the election was secured.
In the majority of the initial polling stations, which provided preliminary results, Diomaye Faye’s PASTEF group reportedly won.
Amadou Moustapha Ndieck Sarre, a spokeswoman for the government, praised the Senegalese individuals for the significant victory they gave PASTEF.
Yet as voting calculating was still going on, Senegal’s two main opposition functions conceded.
” I would like to thank PASTEF, the success of the vote”, said Barthelemy Dias, who is head of one of the opposition partnerships, SAMM Sa Kaddu.
Former chairman Macky Sall, who is in charge of Takku Wallu Senegal, claimed that “massive scam organized by PASTEF” had caused the vote to be rigged. Sallo declined to provide more information about the alleged scams.
New government’s journey to revolution
With less than a fourth of the seats in the government’s parliament, the 44-year-old Faye pledged change at his inauguration in April, but had trouble delivering it due to his party’s lack of majority control.
He claims that the opposition-led congress prevented him from fulfilling his pledges, including addressing problem, reviewing foreign companies ‘ hunting permits, and increasing the population’s access to the country’s natural resources.
Given Faye’s get over the opposition in the late March, which secured him a majority of the vote and eliminated the need for a drainage, PASTEF had a slim chance of winning the legislative election.
Both Faye and his flame coach Sonko had faced jail time and various legal costs, which they say were politically motivated, under Senegal’s previous command.
What about the criticism?
Although it was typical for past Senegalese heads of state to abstain from further social positions, former President Sall was the leader of an opposition group from abroad.
Sall, who had previously requested a last-minute wait for the presidential primaries in response to the legal proceedings brought against Sonko and Faye, sparked significant protests and crime in the run-up to the poll, which the commission after overturned.
Amadou Ba, the former president and presidential candidate, even oversaw his own partnership.
In addition to having heated markets with rivals, Dakar’s governor Barthelemy Dias has also stood out in the plan.
The plan was relatively calm despite occasional violent outbursts from both edges and some burning comments.
Unemployment large, government says debts was larger than earlier announced
The new government is being preoccupied with resolving old problems with the prior administration, according to the opposition, who has accused it of sportsmanship and inaction.
In the West African region, there are more than 20 % of unemployed people, and some continue to risk their lives while attempting to travel to Europe by boat.
However, the government claimed that a public finances audit revealed a budget deficit that was higher than what Sall had originally predicted.
The IMF suspended an assistance programme pending a review of that inspection, and debt ratings company Moody’s even cut Senegal’s credit score in response.
In an effort to fulfill their poll promises, the authorities have reduced the price of household items like wheat, oil, and sugar while also putting additional pressure on the budget.
