Senegal's National Assembly announces bill to revise Constitution
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Senegal's National Assembly has approved a proposed bill to revise the Constitution, incorporating observations from the Constitutional Council. This follows the Constitutional Council's decision N° 4/C/2026, which validated several provisions of an initial draft text while also making substantial reservations regarding its form and substance. The "sages" of the Council deemed it necessary to correct certain provisions without challenging the overall structure of the text, paving the way for legislative work based on their observations. The National Assembly's Bureau announced on Friday that it received, examined, and declared admissible a bill for constitutional revision. According to the parliamentary institution, led by Ousmane Sonko, this text originated from a group of deputies and integrates all observations made by the Constitutional Council in its decision N° 4/C/26 of May 25, 2026. The proposed bill will now be sent to the President of the Republic for an opinion, in accordance with Article 69, paragraph 4, of the National Assembly's internal regulations.
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