Senegal’s Faye Heads for Parliamentary Majority in Test for Reform Agenda
- President seeks majority in legislature to usher in reforms
- Vote test for Bassirou Diomaye Faye eight months into mandate
Bassirou Diomaye Faye
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Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye looks set to secure a parliamentary majority that will enable him to implement reforms needed to stabilize the nation’s finances.
With counting under way after Sunday’s election and official results yet to be released, opposition candidates including Dakar Mayor Barthelemy Dias and Amadou Ba congratulated Faye’s Pastef party for securing a majority. Radio Futurs Medias, a closely held broadcaster, said Pastef obtained 84 seats in the vote.