Aminata Touré accuses Pastef MPs of boycotting the YOG
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Senego and Dakaractu
Kiiraay party general supervisor Aminata Touré said in Mbour that all MPs had been invited to the Dakar YOG and accused Pastef lawmakers of seeking to boycott the event, Senego reports. She criticised Ousmane Sonko and Pastef MPs for putting political interests ahead of the country’s stability and budget adoption.
Aminata Touré, a former Prime Minister of Senegal, accuses Pastef MPs of deliberately boycotting the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games after receiving their invitations. “That is not true! All MPs received their invitation,” she said in Mbour, according to Senego, citing Dakaractu.
The accusation comes amid a controversy that also involved Ousmane Sonko, former Prime Minister of Senegal, and El Malick Ndiaye, president of the National Assembly. On 31 October, President Bassirou Diomaye Faye had invited Ousmane Sonko to the opening ceremony of the YOG, an invitation Aminata Touré confirmed on TFM. On 4 November, she had assured that tensions between the Executive and Parliament would not jeopardise the Games, according to Direct News.
The general supervisor of the Kiiraay party also accuses Pastef members who claim to be patriots of putting their political interests first. She believes Senegal’s stability and the adoption of the budget must take precedence over these considerations, and accuses Pastef of seeking to “take this country hostage”.
The controversy comes as relations between the Senegalese government and the National Assembly face public criticism. On 15 November, Minister Serigne Guèye Diop called for the dissolution of the Senegalese National Assembly. The same day, Kiiraay accused Pastef MPs of threatening investment.
