Senegal’s top court calls parliament-backed reform ‘unconstitutional’

DAKAR: Senegal’s ‌top court has struck down changes to the country’s constitution that would have altered the balance of power in government, ruling against an amendment adopted by parliament last month. Thursday’s Constitutional Court ruling found that the amendment adopted by the assembly on June 29 was “contrary to the Constitution.” The proposed ‌changes included ‌a provision prohibiting a sitting ‌president ⁠from serving as ⁠leader of a political party. Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye said last week he was planning to set up his own political party.