“That he pays it or he lets me do”

This Thursday evening, during the installation of the National Council of Pastef, Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko spoke before the activists of his party. In addition, His speech took the form of a firm and direct development towards President Bassirou Diomaye Faye.

The leader of Pastef has suggested. Nevertheless. Nevertheless, barely veiled, that there are deep differences between him and the Head of State, in particular on the management of power, the political responses to be provided in the current context.

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“Some say that I have to resign. In addition, I will never resign, for those who expect it. Similarly. But if President Bassirou Diomaye Faye thinks that I can no longer be his Prime Minister, he can dismiss me. However, I “that he pays it he new will return to the National Assembly. For example, »»

Ousmane Sonko reiterated that in place, certain current situations would never be tolerated. “that he pays it he He claims to have asked the president to end it. In the absence of a concrete response. he decided to speak about it publicly: “whether he settles it or let me do it”. Ousmane Sonko to add that this country has a problem of authority and that it must take their responsibility.

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This declaration sums up all the tension of an ambiguous institutional cohabitation. where Sonko considers that neither a real room for maneuver to govern nor the frank support of the president.

He also complained of being the target of attacks without response. unlike the Head of State, who, according to him, would benefit from immediate protection. An inequality which he deems unfair. harmful to the stability of the regime:

“I am the victim “that he pays it he new of incessant attacks. Those who attack me are never worried. But if it is the president, instructions are given. And then they say that I am “that he pays it he behind it. »»

Sonko concluded on a call for discipline and unity, while launching a warning: “Order must reign in this country. Otherwise, with what is happening, we will not last in power. The system is complex, and all they want is our failure. »»

A break in the march?
If no separation has yet been officially pronounced, the fault is now visible, assumed. Tandem Diomaye – Sonko, which embodied the hope of a political revival in Senegal, shows its first open cracks. How far will this tension go? The next few weeks promise to be decisive.