APA-Dakar (Senegal) On Wednesday, Senegal’s outgoing president asked his government to take all necessary steps to ensure a smooth handover to his elected successor.
On Thursday 28 March, President Macky Sall received at the presidential palace his elected successor, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, after the latter’s victory following the 24th March 2024 election.
During their first encounter, national television RTS reported that the two leaders held in-depth talks on the crucial issues facing the state, addressing in particular the priority files as well as the logistical details of the swearing-in and handover ceremony.
After this first official contact, a tour of the presidential palace was organised for the incoming president.
Ousmane Sonko, president of the former Patriotes Africains du Senegal pour le Travail, l’Ethique et la Fraternité (PASTEF), which was dissolved by the outgoing government last July, is regarded as the main architect of Diomaye Faye’s victory in the presidential election.
On Wednesday, President Sall asked the government, the Secretary General of the Presidency and the Secretary General of the Government to “take all the necessary steps to ensure, in particular, the preparation of the handover.
On the same day, the National Commission for the Counting of Votes, under the direction of the First President of the Court of Appeal, Amady Diouf, announced the provisional results of the presidential
election of 24 March.
The results confirmed the victory of the candidate of the Diomaye President coalition with 54.28 percent of the valid votes cast, followed by Amadou Ba, candidate of Benno Bokk Yaakaar (United in Hope, in Wolof), who obtained 35.79 percent.
The Constitutional Council has three days to announce the final results.
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