- Senate of Senegal
The Senate of
Senegal ( _fr. Sénat du Sénégal) has been the upper house of theParliament of Senegal from 1999 until 2001 and again since 2007.History and elections
The Senate was initially established during the presidency of
Abdou Diouf in 1999, but in 2001, afterAbdoulaye Wade won the previous year's presidential election, it was abolished with the introduction of a new constitution. It was established again in 2007 with 100 seats: 65 appointed by the president and 35 elected by about 12,000 deputies and local councillors. The rulingSenegalese Democratic Party (PDS) won 34 of the 35 elected seats in the senatorial election held onAugust 19 2007 ; one seat, forVélingara Department , was won byAnd-Jëf/African Party for Democracy and Socialism (AJ/PADS). Five other groups participated but did not win seats. [http://www.jeuneafrique.com/pays/senegal/article_depeche.asp?art_cle=AFP05157lepousuvruo0 "Le pouvoir remporte 34 des 35 sièges de sénateurs pourvus"] , AFP (Jeuneafrique.com), August 20, 2007 fr icon.] [ [http://www.jeuneafrique.com/pays/senegal/article_depeche.asp?art_cle=XIN70027leconselair0 "Le Conseil constitutionnel confirme la victoire du PDS aux élections sénatoriales"] , Xinhua (Jeuneafrique.com), August 28, 2007 fr icon.] Most of the main opposition parties boycotted the senatorial election, as they did the June 2007 National Assembly election.Following the election, the Senate was installed on
September 26 2007 , [ [http://www.jeuneafrique.com/pays/senegal/article_depeche.asp?art_cle=PAN70027lenoulagnsu0 "Le nouveau Sénat a été installé au Sénégal"] , Panapress (Jeuneafrique.com), September 25, 2007 fr icon.] andPape Diop was elected as its President onOctober 3 . [ [http://www.jeuneafrique.com/fluxafp/fil_info.asp?art_cle=39492 "Sénégal: Pape Diop, un proche de Wade, élu président du Sénat"] , AFP (Jeuneafrique.com), October 3, 2007 fr icon.]References
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