Barely a month spent at the head of State, the President of the Republic Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye is increasingly distinguished through certain acts which seem to attest to his determination to implement as best he can his agenda of systemic rupture promised to the Senegalese during the electoral campaign. Indeed, notwithstanding the false note noted in the appointment of certain directors general outside the prior call for tender procedure in accordance with his commitment reaffirmed during the second Council of Ministers of April 17, the current head of state is already illustrated by several quite innovative acts in its governance. Prominent among these is his decision to put an end to government mobilization at the airport to accompany or welcome him on departure or arrival during his trips abroad. During his first trip abroad, made on April 18, to Mauritania, he mobilized only a handful of civil and military personalities to sacrifice the tradition of honors at the airport before his departure.
On the national television images, we only saw the Prime Minister, Ousmane Sonko and a few civil authorities including his Chief of Staff, Professor Mary Teuw Niane, the Minister of the Interior, General Jean Baptiste Tine, the Secretary General of the Presidency of the Republic and the Governor of Dakar as civil authorities. On the side of the military authorities, we had Lieutenant General Mbaye Cissé, Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces (Cemga) and Lieutenant General Moussa Fall, finally dismissed from his functions as High- Commander of the National Gendarmerie and Director of Military Justice on April 24. It must be said that this change of protocol which surprised more than one was decided by the current head of state who would have said, according to certain indiscretions, that he “no longer wants to see the high civil and military authorities lose half a day of work just because they have to go and welcome him when he returns from his trip.”
This break in presidential protocol compared to the strong mobilization of members of the government, officials of the Defense and Security Forces and the territorial administration that we were used to observing at the airport to accompany or welcome the President during his travels was also greeted by Mamadou Lamine Diallo. “The symbolic fact, it is true, deserves to be underlined. President Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye satisfies one of my old demands: the government mobilized at the airport to accompany or welcome the President of the Republic on departure or arrival. Unproductive protocol which dates from the colonial period imposed by the Governor General of AOF. Bravo BDF,” wrote the former unsuccessful candidate for the last presidential election in a publication shared on his X account (ex tweeter).
Taking the oath and handing over of service in the greatest sobriety
The end of the folklorization of certain official ceremonies was certainly the first measure of rupture observed with the advent of the regime of President Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye. Indeed, those who had made the trip to the Diamniadio exhibition hall where the swearing-in ceremony of President Macky Sall’s successor was held were surprised by the climate of sobriety in which this event took place. Not a shadow of a griot or other singers visible in this large room where President Macky Sall’s second performance was also held in 2019 in a strong atmosphere of sonic rivalry from Doudou Ndiaye Mbengue and his colleagues from the closed circle of griots of the president with Farba Ngom as leader. In addition to the swearing-in of the Head of State, the handover of services of all 30 members of the new government also took place in the greatest sobriety. The handover sessions took place without any beating of “TamTam”.
The end of accumulation of functions within the executive
The end of the accumulation of functions within the executive is also part of the flagship breaking measures initiated by the current head of state, Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye. Announced by its Prime Minister, Ousmane Sonko, in the wake of the official publication of the list of 25 ministers and 5 Secretaries of State, on April 5, this measure is now 100% respected. Today, for the first time since 2000, the government is made up of members who will devote themselves exclusively to government tasks.” The page of minister-mayors or even minister-presidents of Departmental Councils is now turned. As a reminder, the first personality to respond favorably to this directive of non-cumulative mandates within the executive is the current Minister of Industry and Commerce, Sérigne Guèye Diop. Two days after his appointment, the former mayor of Sandiara took advantage of a meeting with his activists to announce his resignation at the head of this commune in the department of Mbour. The cycle of these resignations was closed last week with the resignations of the Prime Minister, Ousmane Sonko, Birame Souléye Diop, Maïmouna Diéye and Yankhoba Diémé from their respective positions as mayor of Ziguinchor, mayor of Thiès Nord, mayor of Patte d’Oie and president of the Bignona Departmental Council.
Procedure for the voluntary resignation of the mayor from his functions, according to article 133 of the general code of local authorities
IN Senegal, the question of voluntary resignation of mayors and deputies is addressed by article 133 of Law No. 2013-10 of December 28, 2013 relating to the General Code of Territorial Communities. In its first paragraph, this article specifies that “Resignations of mayors and deputies are addressed to the Minister responsible for Local Authorities by registered letter with acknowledgment of receipt”. Going further, the second paragraph states that these resignations “are definitive from their acceptance by the Minister responsible for local authorities or one month after the sending of a new registered letter”. And the third paragraph which deals with the requirement of continuity of service states that “Until the installation of their successors, resigning mayors and deputies continue to exercise their functions – with the exception of those provided for in the provisions of articles 99, 121, 135.
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