With over 78% of the seats, PASTEF is now the majority party in the Senegalese Parliament. According to observers, this victory should give the new regime a clear path to implement its reform agenda.
This victory grants Pastef significant power to push through structural reforms, with representatives hailing the “massive support of the people”. Voter turnout reached nearly 50%.
President Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s Pastef party secured 130 seats in the west African country’s 165-seat national assembly, according to a tally of figures given by the national vote-counting ...