Senegal: Aminata Touré slams the door of the presidential group at the Assembly
Aminata Toure.
AFP/SEYLLOU
Text by: RFI Follow
1 min
Head of the list during the legislative elections in July, the deputy had been dismissed from the post of president of the National Assembly in favor of Amadou Mame Diop, because of family ties, according to her.
At a press conference, the former Prime Minister announced this Sunday to leave the parliamentary group of the presidential coalition.
Advertising
Read more
With our correspondent in Dakar,
Théa Ollivier
Facing the press,
Aminata Touré, nicknamed "Mimi Touré"
, announced that she wanted to remain a member of the National Assembly "
to defend the interests of the Senegalese people
", but while taking her liberties with the presidential parliamentary group Benno Bok Yaakaar, and therefore by joining the non-attached MEPs.
With one seat less, the ruling coalition would therefore lose the absolute majority in the hemicycle.
It would be a break with President Macky Sall, after being
dismissed from the post of President of the National Assembly
.
The reason, according to her: the question of the possible third term of the Head of State in 2024, which is "
legally and morally impossible
", recalls the former Prime Minister.
“
In exactly 15 months, President Macky Sall will leave power, in peace and serenity, because it will not be acceptable for lives to be lost in an impossible third term attempt
,” she continued.
When asked about her own candidacy for the 2024 presidential election, Aminata Touré said, smiling, that she was thinking about it seriously.
“
I will first meet Senegalese men and women, to get their opinion and support
,” she said.
I share with you, the speech of my press briefing this Sunday, September 25, 2022 in #Dakar
#kebetu #Senegal #Africa #Politics pic.twitter.com/419fYDRtgc
— Aminata TOURE (@aminatatoureklk) September 25, 2022
Newsletter
Receive all the international news directly in your mailbox
I subscribe
Follow all the international news by downloading the RFI application
Senegal
Aminata Toure
Macky Hall