Senegal's president, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, dissolved the opposition-led parliament on Thursday, paving the way for an early legislative election, six months after he was elected on an anti-establishment platform.
The new election will take place on November 17, Faye said in a televised speech, in which he asked voters to give his party a mandate so that it can carry out the “systemic transformation I promised”.
Analysts say that Faye's political party, PASTEF, has a good chance of securing a majority, given its popularity and its margin of victory in the March presidential elections.
The Benno Bokk Yaakar opposition platform, led by former president Macky Sall, condemned the move. They said Faye called a legislative session under pretexts to announce the dissolution and accused him of “perjury”. (AFP)
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