PASTEF
{{Infobox political party
| name = African Patriots of Senegal for Work, Ethics and Fraternity
| native_name = {{lang|fr|Patriotes africains du Sénégal pour le travail, l'éthique et la fraternité}}
| native_name_lang = fr
| logo = Logo of the PASTEF.png
| colorcode = {{party color|PASTEF}}
| abbreviation = PASTEF
Patriots
| leader = Ousmane Sonko
| secretary_general = Ayib Daffé
| founder = Ousmane Sonko
| founded = {{Start date|2014|1||df=yes}}
| headquarters = 37 voie de Dégagement N, Dakarhttps://senego.com/demenagement-ousmane-sonko-change-de-siege_913799.html Déménagement : Ousmane Sonko change de siège…
| ideology = Left-wing populism
Pan-Africanism
| position = Left-wing
| national =
| colours = {{color box|{{party color|PASTEF}}|border=darkgray}} Red
{{color box|#2D6035|border=darkgray}} Green
| slogan = Le don de soi pour la Patrie
('Self-sacrifice for the Fatherland')
| seats1_title = National Assembly
| seats1 = {{Composition bar|130|165|{{party color|PASTEF}}}}
| flag =
| website = {{URL|https://pastef.org/}}
| country = Senegal
}}
The African Patriots of Senegal for Work, Ethics and Fraternity ({{langx|fr|Patriotes africains du Sénégal pour le travail, l'éthique et la fraternité}}; PASTEF), or just Patriots of Senegal ({{langx|fr|Patriotes du Sénégal}}), is a Senegalese political party founded in 2014 by Ousmane Sonko.{{Cite web |title=A propos |url=https://jotna.org/a-propos/ |access-date=2022-06-02 |website=Jotna - Ousmane SONKO |language=fr-FR}}
The party was banned by the Ministry of Interior and Public Security in 2023 after being accused of "frequently calling on its supporters to insurrectional movements, which has led to serious consequences, including loss of life, many wounded, as well as acts of looting of public and private property."{{Cite web |title=Senegal dissolves party of opposition leader Sonko |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/31/senegal-dissolves-party-of-opposition-leader-sonko |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=19 November 2023 |title=Senegal opposition party sponsoring new candidate Faye after court blocks jailed leader Sonko's bid |url=https://apnews.com/article/senegal-presidential-election-sonko-macky-sall-69b534899c50768ced749c48c215e517 |access-date=23 March 2024 |website=AP News |language=en |first=Babacar |last=Dione |archive-date=30 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240130102458/https://apnews.com/article/senegal-presidential-election-sonko-macky-sall-69b534899c50768ced749c48c215e517 |url-status=live }} The party announced it would appeal the decision both to the Court of Cassation and to the Court of Justice of ECOWAS.{{Cite web |last= |date=2023-09-19 |title=Senegal: Pastef appeals to the Court of Justice of ECOWAS and the Supreme Court |url=https://www.africanews.com/2023/09/19/senegal-pastef-appeals-to-the-court-of-justice-of-ecowas-and-the-supreme-court/ |access-date=2023-09-21 |website=Africanews |language=en}}
In the 2024 Senegalese presidential election, the general secretary of PASTEF Bassirou Diomaye Faye was elected President of Senegal.{{Cite news |date=2024-03-25 |title=Senegal election result: Bassirou Diomaye Faye to become Africa's youngest president |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-68656967 |access-date=2024-03-26 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}} On 27 March 2024, three days after Faye won the election, the decree dissolving the party was repealed.
History
In a desire for political renewal, several young civil servants from the Senegalese public administration and from other backgrounds, united in a committee to create PASTEF in January 2014.
The party was defined above all as being a dynamic.{{Cite web|url=https://pastef.org/presentation-du-parti-pastef/|title=Présentation du parti Pastef de OUSMANE SONKO}} Composed mainly of beginners in politics, nevertheless the personalities who make up the committee are qualified in trade union acts and public functions. Like taxation through its president.{{Cite web|url=https://www.courrierinternational.com/article/senegal-sonko-linspecteur-courage|title=Sénégal. Sonko, l'inspecteur courage|date=September 19, 2016|website=Courrier international}}
In 2017, PASTEF joined the People's Alternative coalition for the legislative elections of that same year.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressafrik.com/La-Coalition-Ndawi-Askan-Wi-Alternative-du-peuple-au-front-pour-la-Refondation-des-institutions-et-contre-le_a166545.html|title=La Coalition Ndawi Askan Wi/Alternative du peuple au front pour la Refondation des institutions et contre le présidentialisme autocratique|first=AYOBA|last=FAYE|website=PRESSAFRIK.COM, Premier journal en ligne au Sénégal et en Afrique de l'ouest}} This coalition is made up of several parties including: PASTEF, RND, MRDS, and others. During the final results, with 1.13% of the votes Ousmane Sonko - at the head of this coalition is elected deputy of the department of Dakar.
Two years after the first participation in the elections, the party embarked on the presidential campaign, in which the President of the Republic of Senegal Macky Sall is a candidate for his own succession. In a country where people under 20 represent 55% of the population,{{Cite web|url=https://www.au-senegal.com/population-du-senegal,001.html|title=Population du Sénégal|date=August 8, 2023|website=Au Sénégal, le cœur du Sénégal}} the young age of Ousmane Sonko compared to the other candidates and his virulent declarations resonate among young people.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/afrique/region-47219201|title=Ousmane Sonko, le "patriote"|newspaper=BBC News Afrique }} Thus achieving a very good result with 15.67% of the votes and a third place for his first participation. Outgoing President Macky Sall was re-elected in the first round with 58.26%.
In September 2021 Ousmane Sonko formalized the creation of a new opposition alliance, Liberate the People, that included other political formations such as the Party for Unity and Rally and Manko Taxawu Sénégal.{{cite web |url=http://www.54etats.com/en/node/13735 |title=Senegal: Can the new "Yewwi Askan Wi" coalition change things? |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220801040232/http://www.54etats.com/en/node/13735 |archive-date=1 August 2022 }} During the following year the coalition contested first the 2022 local elections, winning in several major cities including Dakar,{{Cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20220731-senegal-heads-to-polls-for-parliamentary-elections-in-test-for-presidential-vote|title=Senegal counts legislative votes with eyes on 2024 presidential race|date=July 31, 2022|website=France 24}} and later the 2022 national election, gaining 56 seats and becoming the second biggest coalition in the National Assembly.{{cite web |url=https://fr.africanews.com/2022/08/11/senegal-lopposition-acceptera-les-resultats-des-legislatives/ |title=Sénégal : l'opposition acceptera les résultats des législatives |trans-title=Senegal: the opposition will accept the results of the legislative election |language=fr |date=11 August 2022 |access-date=2 September 2022 |work=Africanews}}
On 31 May 2023, Sonko was sentenced to two years in prison for "corrupting youth"; the sentence prevented him from standing as the PASTEF candidate in the 2024 presidential election.{{Cite news |date=1 June 2023 |title=Senegalese opponent Sonko sentenced to 2 years for 'corrupting youth' |language= |work=Le Monde |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/le-monde-africa/article/2023/06/01/senegalese-opponent-sonko-sentenced-to-2-years-for-corrupting-youth_6028733_124.html |access-date=6 August 2023}} Sonko's arrest and sentencing triggered protests in June throughout Senegal.{{Cite web |date=5 June 2023 |title=Senegal: Violent Crackdown On Opposition, Dissent |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/06/05/senegal-violent-crackdown-opposition-dissent |access-date=6 August 2023 |website=Human Rights Watch |language=}}
On 28 July 2023, Sonko was arrested on charges of encouraging an insurrection, undermining state security, creating political unrest, and criminal association.{{Cite web |date=28 July 2023 |title=Top Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko arrested: Lawyer |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/28/top-senegalese-opposition-leader-ousmane-sonko-arrested-lawyer |access-date=6 August 2023 |website=Al Jazeera |language=}}{{Cite web |last=Akinpelu |first=Yusuf |date=31 July 2023 |title=Senegal's firebrand opposition leader charged - again |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-66086570 |access-date=6 August 2023 |website=BBC News |language=}} On 31 July, the interior minister of Senegal announced the dissolution of PASTEF for rallying its supporters during violent protests in June 2023 and March 2021.{{Cite web |last=Allegrozzi |first=Ilaria |date=1 August 2023 |title=Senegalese Government Dissolves Opposition Party, Cuts Internet |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/08/01/senegalese-government-dissolves-opposition-party-cuts-internet |access-date=6 August 2023 |website=Human Rights Watch |language=}} Following the announcements, protests were reported in Dakar and Ziguinchor; two people were reported to have died during protests in Ziguinchor.{{Cite web |last= |date=31 July 2023 |title=Sénégal: le gouvernement dissout le parti de l'opposant Ousmane Sonko, 2 morts dans des manifestations |url=https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20230731-s%C3%A9n%C3%A9gal-le-gouvernement-annonce-la-dissolution-du-parti-de-l-opposant-ousmane-sonko |access-date=6 August 2023 |website=RFI |language=fr}}
On 27 March 2024, three days after the party's general secretary, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, won the presidential election, the decree dissolving the party was repealed by another decree signed by outgoing President Macky Sall.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-17 |title=Sénégal: le décret portant dissolution du Pastef abrogé - Afrique sur 7 |url=https://www.afrique-sur7.ci/senegal-le-decret-portant-dissolution-du-pastef-abroge |access-date=2024-05-02 |language=fr-FR}}{{Cite news |date=17 April 2024 |title=Voici le Décret qui abroge celui qui portait dissolution de PASTEF |url=https://walf-groupe.com/blog/2024/04/17/voici-le-decret-qui-abroge-celui-qui-portait-dissolution-de-pastef/ |work=Walf.net}}
In the 2024 Senegalese parliamentary election, PASTEF won a majority in the National Assembly.{{Cite web |title=Senegal's radical government claims 'large victory' in legislative polls |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1wj4dwvj1po |access-date=18 November 2024 |website=BBC |language=en}}
Electoral results
= Presidential elections =
= National Assembly elections =
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Leader !Votes !% !Seats !+/– !Rank !Status |
| 2017
|rowspan=3 |Ousmane Sonko |colspan=5|Part of People's Alternative (Ndawi Askan Wi) coalition. |{{no2|Opposition}} |
|---|
| 2022
|colspan=5|Part of Liberate the People coalition. |{{no2|Opposition}} |
| 2024
|1,991,770 |54.97% |{{Infobox political party/seats|130|165|{{party color|PASTEF}}}} |{{increase}} 107 |{{increase}} 1st |{{yes2|Government}} |
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