Africa-Press – Senegal. The conference of leaders of the Benno Bokk Yaakaar (BBY) coalition expressed, Saturday, in Dakar, its determination to support the candidacy of Amadou Ba in the presidential election of February 25, 2024 .
The coalition bringing together the ruling party and its allies assured its candidate of this commitment, in a motion signed by its leaders and made public following the appointment of Mr. Ba, Prime Minister since September 17, 2022.
« We have decided to nominate Mr. Amadou Ba for the presidential election on February 25, 2024. We will do everything possible to ensure that all the leaders of the coalition work to ensure a resounding victory for our coalition, » declared El Hadji Momar Samb, leader of the Rally of African Workers-Senegal (RTA-S).
Mr. Samb was responsible for reading the motion in question, during a meeting at the Palace of the Republic, during which the outgoing president, Macky Sall, announced that he had decided to choose Amadou Ba, who will lead BBY in the presidential election.
The conference of BBY leaders says it urges the chosen candidate to « show humility, to have a unifying spirit so that the coalition [of the majority] can triumph […] in peace and democracy ».
In its motion, the Benno Bokk Yaakaar leaders’ conference also congratulated Macky Sall for « the many achievements » he has made since taking over as Senegal’s president.
Amadou Ba was chosen among other contenders for the BBY candidacy, including Abdoulaye Daouda Diallo, the president of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council, Mame Boye Diao, the general manager of the Caisse des dépôts et consignations, the former Prime Minister Mahammed Dionne, and the Minister of Agriculture, Aly Ngouille Ndiaye.
The latter resigned from the government and from his responsibilities in the APR, the political party of Macky Sall, after the appointment of Amadou Ba.
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