Senegal's ruling party pushes constitutional reforms to curb presidential powers

Police used tear gas against constitutional reform protesters, indicating potential injuries and escalating civil unrest.

In Senegal, the ruling party of Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has passed constitutional amendments through parliament that would significantly reduce the executive powers of President Bassirou Diomaye Faye — the very leader the party helped bring to office. The move, framed as reform, has struck many observers as a consolidation of party authority at the expense of the presidency, exposing fractures within the coalition that once united them. As tear gas disperses protesters in the streets of Dakar, the country now awaits a national referendum that will ask citizens to ratify what their represe

Senegal's ruling party pushes constitutional reforms to curb presidential powers

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