Will Taxawu Senegaal leader Khalifa Sall return to the political arena? His last two media releases already seem to answer the question. How does he plan to do it? This is the question that deserves special attention. Par Malik sang –
His score in the last Presidential election was interpreted as an invitation to political retirement. A situation that Khalifa Sall seemed to accept given the role he played in the last legislative elections. His absence from the list of the “Samm sa kaddu” electoral coalition was, in the eyes of public opinion, an approval of the generational change advocated by certain political actors. Even if in politics opportunity makes circumstance, Khalifa Sall seemed to be retiring. But that was without taking into account the Barth affair. Indeed, an honorable score in the last legislative elections for the dismissed mayor of Dakar would have marked the end of Khalifa Sall’s political career. Because he could not take the risk of compromising the rise of his son by entering the political arena. Only, that’s not the case. Barth’ having been stripped of his mandates, he needs help to wage his political war against the Pastef party. In addition, Taxawu Senegaal cannot afford to lose the town hall of the City of Dakar and Khalifa Sall at the same time. The former mayor of Dakar, whose experience is enviable, knows this better than anyone.
Will Khalifa Sall return to the arena? The question no longer arises, given his last two media releases. It’s more how he intends to come back that we must ask ourselves. Indeed, after the 2024 Presidential election, Senegalese voters have sent a clear message to the political class. Khalifa Sall, who suffered from an image deficit, learned this the hard way. The replacement he wanted to make with Barth was negatively sanctioned by the voters. Thus, before considering any political future, the former mayor of Dakar should win the positioning challenge. How to exist in the political arena while belonging to the old political class? This is the answer that Khalifa Sall will have to find. In the past, the former mayor of Dakar was able to convince with his ability to be reborn. This time, he will need the “prison box” much more to get back on track. Indeed, he will have to get rid of the “traitor” image that the Pastef party has stuck to him. In addition, he will have to convince voters, who chose alternation, to return to the past. This theory is only valid if Khalifa Sall personally wishes to relaunch himself. He can also continue the change by choosing from among his lieutenants a person capable of assuming this leadership. And in Taxawu Senegaal, there is no shortage of this profile. But it will obviously not be Abba Mbaye. Who distanced himself by openly criticizing Khalifa Sall, accusing the latter of having let Barth “sabotage the lists”.
Regarding the profiles, who can assume this role, the mayor of Yoff has a great card to play. Close to his constituents, he is making his way and even seems to unite beyond Taxawu Senegaal. Indeed, by taking the option of popularizing her work on social networks, Seydina Issa Laye Samb is increasing her popularity beyond her political family. You just need to take a look at its official pages to see it. Ultimately, he is accused of continuing to campaign in Taxawu Senegaal, so much so that he is appreciated.
However, Senegal does not stop only in Dakar and Seydina Issa Laye Samb does not yet have a national stature like Barth’ or Abba Mbaye. What he will have to build if he wants to become the new face of Taxawu Senegaal.
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