Senegal: FDR demands exclusion of Ousmane Sonko from National Assembly

The Front for the Defense of Democracy and the Republic (FDR) demanded the exclusion of Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko from the National Assembly, arguing that his return to the chamber violates Article LO172 of the Electoral Code, which states that a minister elected as a deputy loses his seat if he does not resign from the government within eight days. The opposition coalition denounces the situation as 'illegal and illegitimate' and calls for the Assembly's act to be reversed. It welcomes the mobilization of political parties and the referral to the Constitutional Council by opposition deputies.