Senegalese voters sun yi zaɓe a ranar Lahadi don zabe mai mahimmanci na majalisar wakilai, wanda shugaban ƙasa, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, yake fatan zai ba jam’iyyarsa kuri’u mai yawa da damar aiwatar da ajandarsa.
Zabe mai zafi ya fara ne daga safiyar ranar Lahadi, inda masu jefa ƙuri’u sama da milioni bakwai suka fito don zaba ‘yan takara daga jam’iyyu 41 da kungiyoyi. Zaɓen ya fara daga karfe 8 na safe zuwa 6 na yamma.
Zaɓen ya biyo bayan watanni na tashin hankali na rashin kwanciyar hankali a siyasa, wanda ya zama daya daga cikin mawuyacin a tarihin ƙasar a yanzu – wanda ya sanya ranar zaɓen shugaban ƙasa a watan Maris.
Shugaba Faye ya lashe zaɓen shugaban ƙasa da kuri’u 54%, inda ya yi alkawarin canji mai ƙarfi a tattalin arziƙi, adalci na zamantakewa, da kuma hana cin hanci da rashawa.
Stakes suna girma ga jam’iyyar shugaban ƙasa, Pastef, saboda ikon majalisar wakilai shine mafita ga aiwatar da alkawuran, wanda ya taso matukar umarni daga matashin al’ummar ƙasar Afirka ta Yamma.
Opposition, wanda ya kunshi kawancen jam’iyyu biyu, ciki har da jam’iyyar Republic Party ta tsohon firaminista Macky Sall, ta yi hamayya mai karfi.
Senegal na fuskantar matsaloli mai girma na tattalin arziƙi. Inflations ya yi matukar barazana ga gidaje, yayin da rashin aikin yi ya yi yawa a cikin matashin al’ummar ƙasar.
“Mun so rayuwa mai arha, ruwa, wutar lantarki, da sufuri da za a iya aiki da rayuwa mai adalci,” in ji Cheikh Diagne, mai sayar da titi a Dakar.
Gwamnati kuma tana fuskantar matsalar bashi bayan bayyana cewa kishin kasafin kudin da gwamnatin da ta gabata ta bayar ya fi girma.
Shirin IMF na dala biliyan 1.9 ya tsaya har zuwa lokacin da gwamnati ta gudanar da audit.
