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Cheikh Ndiaye says he is ready to join Kiiraay in Senegal

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Cheikh Ndiaye, president of the Movement for Emergence and Development, said he was willing to join Kiiraay, the presidential party, subject to prior discussions. He responded to the invitation from the mayor of Dya during the final of the Emergence tournament, according to Dakaractu.

Cheikh Ndiaye, president of the Movement for Emergence and Development (MED/And Suxali Laghem), says he is ready to join Kiiraay, the political party to which Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye belongs. He responded to the appeal by the mayor of Dya during the final of the ninth edition of the Emergence tournament, reports Dakaractu.

Cheikh Ndiaye said, however, that his membership would depend on prior discussions and arrangements to be made with Kiiraay. He said he wanted to support Bassirou Diomaye Faye in his project to develop Senegal and called for an end to political disputes in order to support the head of state’s work, according to Dakaractu.

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