The stinging remarks by Ousmane Sonko against President Bassirou Diomaye Faye continue to reverberate through Senegalese politics.

Following the Pastef leader’s latest salvo—where he labeled the Head of State as a “manipulable president” during the party’s 48-hour gathering in Touba—Dr Abdourahmane Diouf struck back with an unusually sharp response. In a scathing post, the government minister took aim at the National Assembly president, though without naming him directly, condemning his conduct and public statements.

« Thiey Senegal! This is what happens when an unprincipled deputy ascends to the Assembly presidency; procedures are brushed aside without comprehension, moral posturing chokes on its own inability to practice what it preaches, analytical rigor crumbles under the weight of glaring intellectual vacuity, and truth gives way to reckless manipulation that paves the way for a hollow revolution without direction. For the Republic—only the Republic!» he declared.