Dakar, Dec 19 (APS) – The General Policy Declaration (DPG) of Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, scheduled for December 27, at the National Assembly and the rejection of the appeal of the Takku Wallu Senegal Parliamentary Group for cancellation of the Office of the National Assembly by the Constitutional Council are among other subjects on the menu of the daily newspapers received Thursday at the Senegalese Press Agency (APS).
”The Prime Minister will make his General Policy Declaration (DPG) on Friday, December 27. The information is in yesterday’s press release from the Council of Ministers,’ reports Le Soleil, which headlines: ”Ousmane Sonko facing deputies on December 27”.
”Sonko in the hemicycle on December 27,” announces L’As. The newspaper underlines that ”never has a General Policy Declaration (DPG) from a Prime Minister sparked so much controversy in Senegal”.
”Ousmane Sonko had until then refused to hold the exercise by asking the former parliamentary majority to correct the deficiency in the internal regulations of the institution which did not establish the organizational arrangements of the DPG. Today that this has been done and that he has a comfortable majority in the hemicycle, the head of government has decided to get started on December 27,” writes the publication.
L’Info underlines ”that we have been waiting for it since the 14e legislature which did not survive its squabble with the Prime Minister, the general policy declaration of the head of government before the National Assembly will finally take place at the end of next week.
”Finally, Sonko in the hemicycle”, notes Source A, and Sud Quotidien adds ”Sonko finally reveals himself”.
The daily newspapers also highlighted the rejection by the Constitutional Council of the appeal by Me Aïssata Tall Sall, president of the Takku Wallu Parliamentary Group, aimed at canceling the Office of the National Assembly. This group contested with this institution the legality of the election of the Bureau of the National Assembly.
”The Constitutional Council rejects the appeal of Me Aïssata Tall Sall”, headlines Le Témoin. ”The Constitutional Council considers that its powers in electoral matters end with the proclamation of the results of the vote marking the end of the electoral process,” the newspaper reports.
”Consequently, the election of the office of the National Assembly which arises from the internal organization of this institution is not part of the electoral process. The Constitutional Council then declared itself incompetent,’ adds Le Témoin.
”The Constitutional Council declares itself incompetent,” notes Vox Populi, emphasizing that ”the Wise Men wash their hands of it”. According to the same publication, ”the Takku Wallu Senegal Parliamentary Group, although it contests this decision, takes note of it”.
Les Echos specifies that ”for the decision of incompetence of the Constitutional Council, we should not talk about the +7 wise men+. ”In fact, only four of them sat, informs the newspaper. They are Aminata Ly Ndiaye (vice-president), Youssoupha Diaw Mbodj, Awa Dièye, Cheikh Tidiane Coulibaly. ”Only four members of the Constitutional Council sat, the other three ‘prevented”, the publication displays on its front page.
”The 7 wise men acknowledge their incompetence,” writes Le Quotidien. ”It’s a cold shower. The Constitutional Council declares itself incompetent at the request of the president of the Takku Wallu Senegal Parliamentary Group, Me Aïssata Tall Sall and 13 other deputies,” he notes.
The newspaper recalls that ”the request was motivated by the decision of the Office of the National Assembly to replace the vice-president returning to Takku Wallu with a lady”.
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