4 September
Flag of Senegal (photo credit: David Peterson via pixabay)
Senegal's parliament has rejected a draft revision of the constitution put forward by the country's new leaders and seen as paving the way for the dissolution of the opposition-dominated chamber.
Lawmakers narrowly opposed the plan to suppress two consultative bodies by three votes after a heated debate late on Monday and broadcast on social media.
President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, who was elected in March, and his Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko do not have a majority in the national assembly. [ . . . ] Presenting a draft constitutional revision that was likely to be voted down was widely viewed as a precursor to dissolving the national assembly.
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