Senegal ruling coalition claims poll victory as opposition cries foul
Dakar, Senegal – (AFP):
President Macky Sall’s ruling coalition claimed victory in Senegal’s legislative elections but the opposition rejected the assertion as a “prefabricated majority.”
“We won 30 departments” out of the 46 in the west African country and overseas constituencies, Aminata Toure, head of the presidential coalition, told reporters late Sunday. “This undoubtedly gives us a majority in the National Assembly.”
The opposition was swift in rejecting Toure’s claims.
Sunday’s polls were an important test for Sall after local elections in March saw the opposition win in major cities, including Dakar, Ziguinchor in the south and Thies in the west.
The single round of voting will decide the 165 seats of the single-chamber parliament — currently controlled by the president’s supporters — for the next five years.
Sall has promised to appoint a prime minister — a position he abolished and then restored in December 2021 — from the winning camp.
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