Constitutional Revision: Assembly Summoned, a Turning Point for Senegal?

On June 29, 2026, at exactly 10 a.m., the National Assembly chamber will open for a plenary session whose stakes go far beyond mere legal articles. Speaker Ousmane Sonko has summoned lawmakers to examine a constitutional revision bill. A summons that, in Senegal's political calendar, strikes like thunder from a clear sky. This text, already circulating in the corridors of power, carries the seeds of a profound transformation of our republican pact. Whether you are in Dakar, Paris, or New York, this revision concerns you. For it touches the balance of institutions, the distribution of powers, and perhaps the length of mandates. All questions that, in a democracy as young but vigorous as ours, deserve a transparent public debate. The choice of date—a Monday morning—is no coincidence. It reminds us that politics, in our country, is also made in the discretion of offices and the solemnity of official summons. But behind the procedure, the people's voice must rise. Senegalese, whether at home or in the diaspora, have learned to scrutinize these moments with lucidity. This revision comes at a time when institutional reforms follow one after another without always easing tensions. By choosing the parliamentary route, the President seems to want to avoid a popular referendum. But is it truly the people's will to see the Constitution amended without their direct assent? The question deserves to be asked. The diaspora, with its experience and distant perspective, has a crucial role to