In a striking social media statement released the day after Ousmane Sonko’s address in Touba, Abdourahmane Diouf, leader of the Awalé party and former Higher Education Minister, delivered a blunt critique of the National Assembly President. The former Energy Minister did not mince words, labeling Sonko a « backroom-dealing deputy » who had risen to the parliamentary podium through questionable means.

The Senegalese political arena remains a hotbed of tension, with pro-Diomaye and pro-Sonko factions locked in a bitter rivalry. In his post, Diouf dissected the Speaker’s performance with unfiltered candor: « Procedures roll past you without you grasping their core essence; the morality you preach chokes you through your inability to embody it; analytical rigor crumbles under the weight of glaring intellectual void; truth gives way to shameless manipulation, paving the way for a hollow revolution without substance or direction. »

This public rebuke underscores the deepening rift within Senegal’s political landscape, where personal clashes increasingly overshadow substantive governance.