In Senegal, the Constitutional Council this week rejected an appeal by the parliamentary opposition demanding the annulment of new laws on terrorism recently adopted by the Assembly. In addition to the benefits of the decision, the opposition denies the composition – and thus the jurisdiction – of the country’s highest court, which currently has only four members instead of seven.
as reported from Dakar, Charlotte idrac
Of the seven members who in principle constitute the Constitutional Council, one died in January, two others ended their non-renewable six-year term at the end of June.
In their decision, the sages believe that the Council can and “must” the same intentional, “as long as the number of members present is not less than four”, “to avoid blockage and ensure continuous and regular operation.” .
A situation that makes former Prime Minister Abdoul Mbaye jump, president of the Alliance Party for Citizenship and Labor. For him, this is a violation of the rule of law. The Constitutional Council can only consider in the presence of all its members, unless three or more of them are temporarily prevented from doing so. But the Constitutional Council, which could not consider, did so anyway. It is extremely serious because in legal matters there is no competence in the text, and thus it gives not only legislative powers but also sovereign powers “, he condemns.
In a letter published earlier this week, the Congress of the Democratic Renaissance, which brings together political parties and movements, called on the President of the Constitutional Council to adopt the head of state, so that he can continue to appoint three new members, and put an end to what the CRD calls “institutional mess. “.
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