While parliamentary deputies, largely representing the majority, had handed Pastef a significant legislative victory by approving the constitutional revision bill with 129 votes, the ultimate word has now come directly from the Presidential Palace. This intervention completely alters the political landscape. According to disclosures made by Minister of Justice, Me Moussa Sarr, President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has chosen not to initiate the promulgation process for the text as it emerged from the National Assembly. Instead, he has decided to invoke Article 103 of the Constitution to put the reform to a public referendum. This decision marks a definitive halt to Pastef’s carefully constructed parliamentary strategy. A victory secured by the deputies has thus been effectively neutralized by the President’s office. Despite the government’s proposed amendments being rejected, the majority of deputies had endorsed the version produced by the commission’s work, thereby solidifying the political will of the text’s originators. However, behind the scenes, Bassirou Diomaye Faye…