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  29 Jun 2026, 21:00

Senegal president to call referendum on constitutional reform

DAKAR, June 29, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye

will call a referendum on a proposed constitutional amendment that would

strengthen the power of parliament and the prime minister, the justice

minister said Monday.

"The president has decided to inform the speaker of the National Assembly

that he has decided... to put the adopted text to a referendum" when the body

passes it, Moussa Sarr told parliament.

BSS/AFP/SSS/2055 hrs