Former Senegalese head of state Macky Sall, recently named head of the list of an opposition coalition in the November 17 legislative elections in Senegal, formalized his resignation from his post as Special Envoy of the Paris Pact for people and the planet.
In a letter dated October 4 addressed to French President Emmanuel Macron and relayed by local media, Macky Sall explains having taken this decision out of “a desire to avoid any conflict of interest” after he decided to find the Senegalese political field, six months after his departure from the presidency, in April 2024.
The former head of state of Senegal (2012-2024) was appointed to the post of special envoy in November 2023, shortly before the end of his second term by President Macron.
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”As you probably know, the circumstances of Senegalese political life, following the dissolution of the National Assembly, led me to be nominated head of the list of the Takku Wallu Senegaal coalition for the legislative elections scheduled for November 17, 2024 ”, wrote the former Senegalese head of state.
”Under these conditions, and to avoid any risk of incompatibility and conflict of interest, I would like to bring to your kind attention that I have decided to withdraw from my activities as Special Envoy of the Paris Pact for people and the planet from October 9, after the Hamburg summit on sustainability for which I had already made commitments,” added Macky Sall, who was named head of the Takku Wallu coalition list this week. Senegal (opposition) in the legislative elections of November 17 in Senegal.
The Takku Wallu Senegal coalition notably brings together the Alliance for the Republic (APR) founded by Macky Sall and the Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) of Karim Wade, son of former president Abdoulaye Wade.
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