[Exclusif] Révision de la Constitution : Le Conseil constitutionnel invalide le vote des députés
A major new development has occurred on the Senegalese institutional scene. The Constitutional Council has just declared the outright annulment of the constitutional revision process concerning Law No. 18/2026, according to multiple sources. Seized with the matter as a matter of urgency, the Council invalidated the text on the grounds that the procedure adopted by the National Assembly was flawed. This decision halts the text passed by the deputies and marks a decisive legal victory for the executive branch.
This cancellation is a direct result of the legal action initiated by the Presidency of the Republic a few days earlier. As a reminder, on Monday, July 6, 2026, at 11:40 a.m., Mr. Cheikh Ahmadou Ndiaye, a lawyer acting on behalf of the Head of State, appeared before the clerk of the Constitutional Council. He formally filed an appeal of unconstitutionality challenging the regularity of the parliamentary proceedings.
The executive branch then invoked a "violation of the constitutional review procedure of Law No. 18/2026 of the National Assembly dated June 29, 2026." Faced with this institutional deadlock, the President of the Republic accompanied his appeal with a declaration of urgency, demanding that his request be examined within a strict deadline of eight days.
The case, registered under number 6/C/26 by the Chief Clerk, Mr. El Hadji Macky Barro, was based on a solid case file. To substantiate the procedural flaws and the parliamentarians' shortcomings, the Presidency had submitted numerous supporting documents, including transmittal letters, amendment reports, bailiff's reports, and USB drives containing all the audio and video recordings of the plenary session debates of June 29, 2026. By declaring the annulment today, the Constitutional Council upheld all the grievances raised by the Presidency.
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