QUAND LE CLOWN EST PROCLAMÉ ROI, LE PALAIS DEVIENT UN CIRQUE (Par Abdou MBOW)
When a clown is proclaimed king, the palace becomes a circus. This is not a metaphor. It is, unfortunately, an exact picture of what is happening today in the National Assembly of Senegal.
Does Ousmane Sonko consider that all Senegalese are like his disciples, dulled by noisy incantations?
Does he think he can play games with our institutions, in this nursery of adult apostles that the National Assembly has become?
His power grab, which violates our national institution, is unacceptable.
It all began with a breach of trust. The contested, botched installation of the Pastef party leader as head of our primary parliamentary institution. Political affiliations are irrelevant. The issue is institutional: when you bend the rules, when you force the Speaker's hand, you don't appoint a president. You assassinate a principle. The principle that the National Assembly belongs to no party. It belongs to the Senegalese people.
On that day, the Palais Bourbon in Dakar ceased to be a temple of law. It became a jungle, a stage. And on stage, when the king lacks stature, the court transforms into a circus.
Lack of seriousness: perpetual truancy
After the power grab, the show. The National Assembly, supposed to be the brain of the Nation, is being treated like a kindergarten.
The laws, these tools that govern the lives of 18 million Senegalese, are rushed through, passed hastily, without debate, without expertise, without intellectual rigor. Amendments are made on the fly, they are barely read, and votes are taken out of fanaticism, not republican conviction.
Members of Parliament shout more than they argue. Insults replace amendments. Pushing and shoving replaces procedure. This is the circus: clown acts instead of legislative work. Meanwhile, the country's real problems—education, employment, healthcare—wait in the wings.
Homelessness: The ultimate lack of respect
The most serious issue is not the disorder. It is the contempt. Contempt for the rules. Contempt for open debate. Contempt for the intelligence of the Senegalese people. By turning the Assembly into an arena, a clear message is being sent to the people: "Your laws are worthless. Your Parliament is worthless. Your vote is worthless."
This is the degradation of an institution. The Assembly has been stripped of its dignity, its robes, its gravity. All that remains is the tent, the dust, and the shouting. But a people without a respected Parliament is a people without a compass.
Senegalese men and women, parents, teachers, students, citizens, the circus only stops when the public refuses to applaud. The National Assembly does not belong to Pastef, nor to the opposition, nor to the government. It belongs to you. It is the last bulwark between the will of a clique and the interest of the Nation.
Mobilize. Demand respect for the rules. Demand substantive debates, not street fights. Contact your elected representatives. Fill the galleries. Make your voices heard before the circus tent collapses on us all. Because when the palace becomes a circus, the people always end up paying the price for the spectacle… And it will be too late.
They radiate arrogance… While the Clown sneers amidst a court of apostles slumped in their contemptible self-importance. They don't understand what they… know all too well. The Senegalese are exhausted.
These boors were definitely born after shame.
It is curious, as George Orwell said, that "...the Lie breeds so many disciples".
Abdou MBOW
Deputy TAKKU WALLU SENEGAL
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