The session resumed at the National Assembly after more than two hours of break. The election of vice-presidents was disrupted by the candidacy of Farba Ngom, proposed by the Takku Wallu parliamentary group. This proposal, according to certain deputies, distorts the parity order of the list of eight Vice-Presidents.
The list of vice-presidents as read by the President of the Assembly El Malick Ndiaye, is as follows: Ismaëla Diallo, Rocky Ndiaye, Cheikh Thioro, Mbéne Faye, Amadou Ba, Oulymata Sidibé, Samba Dang and Mouhamadou Ngom better known under the name Farba. After reading, EL Malick Ndiaye stressed that there is a deficiency.
“Takku Wallu proposed a man when he had to present a woman to respect parity,” underlined the new president of parliament, before inviting Aïssata Tall Sall (president of the Takku-Wallu parliamentary group) to come and give the name of a lady as a candidate in accordance with the provisions of the law on parity.
The latter, for its part, will persist on the candidacy of Farba Ngom. “We are in the inaugural session and I hope that we can work with respect and cordiality. The internal regulations provide in article 13 that: ‘the vote of the Senegalese entitles us to a position of vice-president and a committee president’. It is up to you to take note of our proposal and we ask you to put it to a vote,” says the lawyer and president of the Takku-Wallu parliamentary group.
Questioned on the issue by the President of the Assembly, Ayib Daffé, president of the Pastef parliamentary group, replied by emphasizing that: “for several hours we have been negotiating to impose something on us which is contrary to the texts. According to the calculation, the first seven vice-presidents return to us and we have respected parity. But, since this morning, they (the deputies of Takku-Wallu) persist in imposing a candidate who does not respect parity.”
Continuing his argument, President Daffé informs that: “Article 14 of the regulations says that positions are allocated in equal order. We have the majority, it is the will of the people and we must respect it. Why do you want to stigmatize women? Are there no women capable of occupying this position in your group? »
Taking the lead, the former Minister of Justice counterattacks: “the Takku Wallu group has no lessons in feminism to receive from you. Let’s read the right texts. Or in articles 13 and 14 did you seek parity? At 11 a.m., we submitted our list and said we wanted a man while you were in the process of consulting.”
Tempering the enthusiasm, El Malick Ndiaye again recalled article 14, before taking the break to allow the Takku Wallu parliamentary group to choose a woman. The session is suspended…
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