Constitutional Council issues opinion on Diomaye Faye's constitutional revision project

The Council, which received a confidential letter on May 5, 2026, declared the request admissible and the initiative for constitutional revision regular. In its opinion, the high court examined the proposed modifications in both form and substance, offering observations to improve clarity and compliance with the Constitution. Specifically, the Council requested that provisions related to the intangible clauses of the Constitution be reformulated to include all elements protected from revision.

It also recommended removing the phrase "according to his confession" from the presidential oath formula, deeming it contrary to the general spirit of the Constitution. The Council rejected the possibility of invoking an exception of unconstitutionality against a regularly ratified international convention and found that the provision stating that the future Constitutional Court's opinions would be consultative was contrary to the principle of legal certainty. Regarding the transformation of the Constitutional Council into a Constitutional Court, the Council did not challenge the name change but recommended deleting the specific article providing for this replacement due to its temporary nature.

Instead, it suggested directly replacing "Constitutional Council" with "Constitutional Court" in all relevant provisions. The Council indicated that other proposed m