The steering wheel symbolizes Senegal. If the presidential majority obtains a majority in the National Assembly, there will be only one comfortable driver to hold the wheel called Senegal. Otherwise, the executive risks being blocked in its momentum by a legislative power (Assembly) which is opposed to it.
We are heading towards crucial legislative elections for our country Senegal. Is the Senegalese language coherent and logical in its approach? This is what we will verify on November 17, 2024. This is to be confirmed or refuted by this vote after the presidential election almost nine (09) months ago. Confirming the vote by giving the majority to the camp of the President in place means giving him the means to govern, to implement the policy for which his leader is elected. By doing so, the people will have fully assumed their share of responsibility and will subsequently be able to be demanding of the new power and ask it to account for its management of the country. If he does not do so, he will be responsible for a possible delay or failure in the progress of the country by electing an opposition which will seek to row against the tide, sometimes finding malicious pleasure in it.
This is unfortunately the practice of politics in Senegal. Based on this observation, it is important to keep in mind that a motor vehicle with two drivers, one preferring to turn to the right and the other leaning towards the left, presents a certain risk for passengers and for all others. That’s the danger. This vehicle will not be able to arrive safely without ideal driving conditions. Imagine the result if the two (02) drivers are adversaries, fiercely opposed. What drama in perspective! Would the passenger (the voter, the people) who allowed this to happen by promoting chaos be blameless and without remorse? Let everyone appreciate the future consequences of their choice. For example, Italy has long experienced a period of political instability with a lack of a majority free to govern with serenity. In Senegal, we have already had a taste, a glimpse of what is likely to happen and which is scary. It was between the period of the election followed by the installation of the new President of the Republic and the dissolution of the National Assembly. The deputies from the last legislature received instructions from the former executive and this resulted in blockages: one piece of power against another. It is neither logic nor consistency to give with one hand and immediately take away with the other, especially at the start of the mandate of a new executive (only seven months after the inauguration of the President). We could understand a sanction vote which would serve as a counter-power during or at the end of the mandate of an authority criticized and rejected by the people. This is not yet the case in Senegal and it is reasonable to believe that the tradition will be respected: giving the majority to the government so that it has free rein to carry out its program and projects without possible excuses and justified by a incomprehensible attitude of voters. The Senegalese voter is considered mature, thoughtful, consistent with himself and responsible enough to properly accomplish his part of the mission in the development of his country. The much-vaunted stability of Senegal is also at this price.
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