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Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye dissolved the country’s opposition-led National Assembly on Thursday in a bid to break the tension between the legislature and the executive branch.
In a national address, Faye said snap elections will be conducted on November 17 this year.
“By virtue of the powers conferred on me by Article 87 of the Constitution, and after consulting the Constitutional Council on the right date, the Prime Minister and the President of the National Assembly, on the expediency, I dissolve the National Assembly,” he said.
The move came six months after Faye was elected under an opposition platform.
Peoplesmind
