Mauritanian prime minister calls for respect for political opposition
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Kassataya
During the examination of the government’s general policy statement at the National Assembly, Prime Minister El Moctar Ould Djay said the executive will take the opposition’s views into account. He described cooperation and positive competition between political forces as essential to development, according to the Mauritanian News Agency.
Mauritanian Prime Minister Moctar Ould Djay said the government intends to promote mutual respect and the consideration of opposition views, in line with the guidelines of President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, according to the Mauritanian News Agency. He was speaking on Monday 9 November at the National Assembly, during the examination of the government’s general policy statement.
The head of government explained that everyone can be wrong or right, and that some interventions by deputies revealed differences in interpretation of several data. He called for these data to be examined carefully and for clarifications to be provided before public opinion.
This speech comes almost a month after Moctar Ould Djay’s reappointment as prime minister on 9 October, and the appointment of a 29-member government. It is part of the approach of the presidential programme that the executive says it now intends to apply.
