Senegal’s Constitutional Council has declared unconstitutional the constitutional amendment law adopted by the National Assembly on June 29, following an urgent appeal filed by President Bassirou Diomaye Faye.
In its ruling, the court found that the adoption process violated constitutional procedures by introducing measures that would create new public expenditure without identifying funding sources and by disregarding the government’s request to apply the Constitution’s “blocked vote” procedure during parliamentary consideration.
The Council also affirmed its authority to review constitutional amendments and declared the President’s appeal admissible.
The ruling halts the constitutional reform process and comes amid growing political tensions between President Faye and National Assembly Speaker Ousmane Sonko, whose parliamentary majority had championed the proposed amendments.
Following the decision, the Diomaye President Coalition welcomed the verdict as a defence of constitutional order, while the ruling Pastef party had not issued an official response.
