By RFIPosted on 03-01-2020Modified on 03-01-2020 at 03:00

Is this the end of the omerta about a possible third mandate for Macky Sall? The question has been revived since the wishes of the Senegalese president to the press Tuesday, December 31. "Neither yes nor no," retorted the head of state when asked about his intention to run again in 2024. If the answer remains elusive, this is the first time that Macky Sall has broken the silence around this question.

"Macky swims in the chiaroscuro", "Macky Sall comes out of the woods", "Macky Sall bluff at neither yes nor no". The Senegalese president's response appeared everywhere in the local press on January 2. "Neither yes nor no" therefore, a deliberately elusive response to a debate that has stirred the public arena since his re-election in February 2019.

So far, the subject has been taboo . Several senior officials and the president's collaborators have been dismissed for having spoken out on this thorny issue.

According to a collaborator of Macky Sall, the latter thus intends to avoid wars of succession within his political party, the APR and his government. " If I say that I will not be a candidate, the members of the government will no longer work, everyone will try to position themselves. If I say that I will be a candidate, a lively controversy will ensue, ”also assured the president to the media, recalling that he had no designated dolphin.

For Papa Biram Touré, vice-president of the majority parliamentary group Benno Bokk Yakaar, the departure of Macky Sall is " consistent with the position that the president has held so far ". " We must give priority to what deserves ", assures the deputy of the majority, adding that " priority is the evocation of the achievements and perspectives of the second term and the programmatic debate ".

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