Senegal: stripped of her mandate as deputy, former Prime Minister Aminata Touré counterattacks
Aminata Touré, at her home in Dakar, September 29, 2022. © Charlotte Idrac / RFI
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The former Prime Minister was stripped of her post as a deputy on Tuesday evening, after a vote by the office of the National Assembly.
In front of the press yesterday (Thursday), the former loyal to President Macky Sall directly targeted the head of state, whom she accuses of wanting to force a third term in 2024.
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With our correspondent in Dakar,
Charlotte Idrac
“
I will fight until my last breath
”, assures Aminata Touré, after what she describes as “
forfeiture ordered by President Macky Sall
”.
The ruling coalition invoked the Constitution, which stipulates that “
any deputy who leaves his party is automatically stripped of his mandate
”.
But for Mimi Touré, it is a "
violation of the law
".
“
I never wrote a resignation letter announcing a resignation from the APR
[the Alliance for the Republic, his party, editor’s note]
nor from Benno Bokk Yakaar
[his coalition].
I was not even heard, if only by pure formalism, by a body, neither of the APR, nor of Beno Bokk Yakaar, of which I was the head of the list of the legislative elections less than six years ago month.
»
Aminata Touré announces legal remedies, before the Constitutional Court or even ECOWAS.
For her, the "
quest for a third term
" of the head of state is a "
fault line
" in the country.
She calls for a “
national platform for the defense of democracy
”: “
This platform should be open to all democrats who want to face this attempt to use force as planned by President Macky Sall.
»
To the question: "
Are you going to formally resign from the presidential party or the ruling coalition?"
“, Aminata Touré replies:”
it is as if you asked a dismissed worker if he is still a member of the company
”, “
I am anchored in the opposition
”.
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