Senegal: Constitutional Council declares itself incompetent to rule on appeal against Ousmane Sonko

Senegal's Constitutional Council declared itself incompetent on June 17, 2026, to rule on an opposition appeal challenging the reinstatement of Ousmane Sonko to the National Assembly. Sonko, elected president of the Assembly by 132 out of 133 votes, had been dismissed from the government by President Bassirou Diomaye Faye. The high court ended proceedings by refusing to rule.