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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.
With our correspondent in Dakar, Thea Olivier
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 its liberties with the presidential parliamentary group Benno Bok Yaakaar, and therefore joining the non-registered deputies.
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 having been removed 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 go to meet the Senegalese men and women, to seek their opinion and their support. “, she clarified.