PASTEF facing the risk of strategic rupture
Adopting a radicalization line against the head of state could turn out to be a major strategic error. Bassirou Diomaye Faye still has three years in office to maneuver, recompose her alliances and regain political initiative. By choosing frontal confrontation, PASTEF risks placing itself in a delicate position.
Sustainably blocking the functioning of the government can, at any time, term, become counterproductive. If the economic crisis worsens, part of public opinion could end up blaming this instability on to PASTEF, more than to the president himself. Because Senegal remains above all a country of voters, more than a country of frozen activists.
Those who took to the streets yesterday to support PASTEF against Macky Sall are sometimes the same ones who, in the past, had demonstrated against Macky Sall. for Macky Sall against Abdoulaye Wade, then for Wade against Abdou Diouf. Senegalese political history shows it: the electorate is never definitively acquired. He moves, punishes, rewards, then turns the page.
If work-study is a reality, strong in Senegal, it is precisely because the Senegalese people do not lock themselves into long-term loyalty to their people. partisan. He judges the actions, the results, the stability of the and the ability to leaders to respond to the country's emergencies.
In this context, the interest of PASTEF would undoubtedly be to soften its position and return to the negotiation table. This route would make it possible to avoid Ousmane Sonko to increase the number of conferences and defensive speeches, at the risk of gradually appearing as the main factor of tension.
The silence of Bassirou Diomaye Faye must also be observed; carefully. The president has not really spoken yet. And in politics, the one who speaks last can sometimes regain control of the narrative.
