In an intervention on the national political situation, the former Minister of Justice and current member of the Takku Wallu opposition, Aissata Tall Sall, provided an analysis of the legal and constitutional issues that are agitating the country.
The former Minister of Justice focused particularly on article 86.6 of the Senegalese Constitution, the equivalent of French 49.3. She stressed that despite the existence of this article allowing the adoption of laws without debate, its use was not justified for the vote on the 2025 finance law, recalling that the Assembly already has a sufficient majority.
On the question of the High Court of Justice, a subject of great tension, Aissata Tall Sall wanted to set the record straight: “The High Court of Justice has existed since Senegal was Senegal. It is this same court which had judged President Mamadou Dia in 1963,” she recalled. She insisted on the judicial character of this institution, chaired by the first president of the Supreme Court and not intended for settling political scores.
The MP also addressed the thorny issue of repealing the amnesty law, warning of major legal obstacles. “It’s much easier said than done,” she warned, evoking the fundamental principles of non-retroactivity of laws and the intangibility of acquired rights. She notably recalled that the current President of the Republic and his Prime Minister had themselves benefited from this law.
The former minister highly appreciated the use of the argument of the “overwhelming majority” by the power in place, believing that it should rather focus on the real concerns of the Senegalese rather than on political maneuvers.
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