Legislative elections in Senegal: Pastef’s victory officially confirmed

In Senegal, the official results of the legislative elections confirmed on Tuesday the overwhelming victory of the African Patriots for Work, Ethics and Fraternity – PASTEF.

The ruling party won 40 of the country’s 46 departments in addition to 7 of the 8 constituencies in the diaspora, which further reassures Pastef’s anchoring in the Senegalese political sphere, after the presidential election last March.

The party has managed to establish itself even in localities once considered impregnable bastions of former president Macky Sall, who certainly comes second, but very far behind his successors in office.

Threatened with legal action in his country, the former head of state was at the head of the Takku Wallu coalition. He campaigned from Morocco where he has been based since April; an absence that his camp greatly missed.

Meanwhile, President Diomaye Faye and his Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko now have all the levers of power to implement their various institutional reforms.