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00:00Welcome everyone, I am delighted to see you for a new edition of the Grand Journal,
00:21I am Lydia Mormine, and I welcome you to this new edition of the Grand Journal.
00:27Morocco celebrates on Monday the 69th anniversary of the independence,
00:33a great day that crowned a long national struggle to defend the unity, sovereignty and constancy of the country
00:39in favor of a perfect symbiosis between the throne and the people.
00:43In Senegal, the party in power won a large legislative victory on Sunday,
00:52this is what the government's short speech indicated,
00:54a victory that should allow the leaders to keep the promise of rupture and social justice.
01:03And then the leaders of the G20 meet today in Rio de Janeiro for a summit under strong pressure
01:10between the need for a compromise on the climate and the urgent emergence of Ukraine and the Middle East
01:16before Donald Trump's return.
01:24The Moroccan people celebrates on Monday in joy and pride the 69th anniversary of the independence,
01:31a great day that crowned a long national struggle to defend the unity, sovereignty and constancy of the country
01:38in favor of a perfect symbiosis between the throne and the people.
01:43Engraved in the annals of the history of the kingdom and in the hearts of all Moroccans,
01:49Independence Day is an opportunity to recall the historical context of this grandiose event
01:57that marks the triumph of the common will of the throne and the people,
02:02a strong moment of this national struggle for independence,
02:06the historical visit made by the father of the nation and hero of liberation,
02:11His Majesty Mohamed V, in Tangier in April 1947,
02:17came to confirm the attachment of the Moroccan king and people to his freedom,
02:21to his territorial integrity and to his identity.
02:26The party in power in Senegal won a large victory on Sunday in the legislature,
02:33this is what the government spokesman indicated,
02:36a victory that should allow the leaders to apply the agenda of rupture and social justice
02:42with which they were in power eight months ago.
02:47I pay tribute to the Senegalese people for the large victory they gave to PASTEF,
02:52the party of the President and the Prime Minister,
02:56as stated by the government spokesman Amadou Moustapha Ndiaye,
03:00which ends on the TFM channel.
03:02PASTEF takes the lead in a large majority of the polling stations,
03:06which the media has announced the provisional results as they display them.
03:11Two of the main leaders of the opposition, the mayor of Dakar, Martel Emidiaz,
03:15and the second of the 2024 presidential election, Amadou Ba,
03:19as well as other opponents of PASTEF have congratulated him.
03:22No significant incident has been reported.
03:26Various actors have stated less participation than that of the March presidential election,
03:3261.3% in the 2022 legislature, 46.6% of registered voters had voted.
03:40This election in Senegal has experienced a participation rate of nearly 50%.
03:49This vote is a decisive step that highlights the expectations of Senegalese people
03:55in a context where the political landscape remains marked by many challenges.
04:01This is a report by Regis Moukila.
04:04Very early this November 17, many Senegalese people went to the polls
04:09to elect the 165 deputies of the National Assembly.
04:13Ousmane Sankho, head of the PASTEF list, the party in power,
04:17voted early in the locality of Ziguinchor, in the south of Senegal.
04:26In the Senegalese capital, Abbas Fall, head of the PASTEF list,
04:30in the Dakar department, expressed the need to review the electoral mechanisms,
04:35after having completed his vote.
04:37What I saw today proves that we must reform the electoral code
04:47to review the conditions of participation in elections.
04:51Imagine, 41 lists are in competition.
04:54In the polling stations, only two or a few lists are represented.
04:58This should make us think about the billions of public funds used to organize the polls.
05:04Participating in elections is certainly a right,
05:07but we should think about rationalizing public funds,
05:10rationalizing elections, and even rationalizing the number of participants in these elections.
05:20On the opposition side, Amadou Ba, head of the coalition list,
05:24called for transparent elections.
05:27He especially insisted on the good progress of his legislatures.
05:31Everything happened in a calm manner.
05:34There were no major incidents.
05:37I even think that at some point we crossed parallel lists,
05:43but we communed.
05:46As for the voters, they expect from these legislatures
05:50deputies who will provide concrete answers to the country's social and economic challenges.
05:55We do our duty as civilians.
05:58It's a matter of hope.
06:01But no one has the certainty, like me,
06:04of what I want or how I want the government to work
06:08to help the life of Senegalese people.
06:11We all have the hope that things will improve.
06:14We had confidence in the voters.
06:17But this confidence began to deteriorate.
06:20We can't let it continue.
06:23That's why I came, particularly to vote today,
06:27The composition of the future Senegalese National Assembly
06:30poses a major challenge.
06:33Indeed, the new authorities of the country
06:36aspire to an absolute majority in this 15th legislature
06:39to carry out their Senegal 2050 referendum.
06:44The new constitution written by the regime of General Brice Oligui-Nguemba
06:50has been validated with 91.8% of yes
06:54during the referendum organized on Saturday
06:57according to the provisional results published on Sunday
07:00by the Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions.
07:04If the adoption of this constitution is confirmed,
07:08the next step will be the holding of a presidential election
07:11currently scheduled for August 2025
07:14to put an end to the transition
07:17of the putsch of August 30, 2023
07:20after the fall of the 10th Bongo dynasty.
07:27The leaders of the G20 meet today in Rio de Janeiro
07:30for a summit under strong pressure
07:33between the need for a compromise on climate
07:36and a shouting divergence on Ukraine
07:39and the Middle East before the return of Donald Trump.
07:42The heads of state and government of the largest economies
07:46of advanced and emerging economies
07:49among which the presidents of the two superpowers
07:52of the American Joe Biden at the twilight of his mandate
07:55and the Chinese Xi Jinping must attempt to advance
07:58on the issue of climate finance.
08:01UN Secretary-General António Guterres
08:04called yesterday the leaders of the G20 to assume their leadership
08:07and to make compromises to achieve a positive result
08:11of the COP29.
08:13The members of the G20, 19 countries
08:16as well as the European Union and the African Union
08:19represent 85% of the world's GDP
08:22and 80% of the emissions of greenhouse gases.
08:25The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the Israeli offensive
08:28in Gaza and Lebanon also continue to fracture
08:31the international community.
08:34The story is by Shaima Fekri.
08:38Struggle against hunger, poverty and inequality,
08:41sustainability, climate change and fair transition,
08:44reform of global governance and taxation of the ultra-rich.
08:48All these themes are at the heart of this 19th edition
08:52of the G20 Summit.
08:54These will be addressed during three plenary sessions.
08:57The opening ceremony of the G20 this Monday
09:00will mark the launch of the World Alliance
09:03Against Hunger and Poverty,
09:05a key initiative that aims to mobilize resources
09:08and strengthen global efforts to eradicate hunger
09:11by 2030.
09:13In this sense, the Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
09:17will unveil the list of countries and organizations
09:20that have joined this alliance.
09:22This list is supposed to bring out 500 million people
09:25from poverty thanks to money transfers
09:28and social protection systems.
09:31This summit, which coincides with the COP29,
09:34will also address climate change.
09:36The diplomatic tensions related to this subject
09:39will therefore be discussed in priority at the summit.
09:42The G20 countries represent 85% of the global economy
09:47and are the largest contributors to the Development Bank,
09:50which drives the necessary funding
09:53for the fight against climate change.
09:56They are also responsible for more than three quarters
09:59of greenhouse gas emissions in the world.
10:02Brazil will then host the G20 presidency
10:05in South Africa,
10:07marking the end of a dense program
10:10with more than a hundred official meetings,
10:13twenty ministerial meetings
10:15and more than 50 high-ranking officials
10:18in addition to a dozen parallel events across the country.
10:23And in the news also,
10:25Washington has given permission to Ukraine
10:28to strike the Russian territory
10:30with long-range missiles provided by the United States.
10:34This is what an American official
10:37covered by anonymity indicated.
10:39A major strategic change
10:41a few weeks before the arrival of Donald Trump.
10:44President Joe Biden thus accesses
10:47a long-term request from Kiev
10:49shortly before his departure from the White House
10:52and Donald Trump's return.
10:54Very critical of American aid to Ukraine.
10:57Russian President Vladimir Putin
10:59that such a decision would mean
11:02that NATO countries are at war with Russia.
11:06The decision of the United States
11:08could push other allies
11:10to block the path,
11:13including the United Kingdom.
11:19Here is the guest of the major newspaper
11:22Mediun Berlin.
11:24The party in power in Senegal
11:27won this Sunday
11:29a large victory in the legislative.
11:31This is what the government spokesman said.
11:35Yesterday, Senegalese
11:37went to the polls for legislative elections.
11:40Anticipate a crucial event
11:43to define the composition of the 165 seats
11:46of the National Assembly
11:48for the next five years.
11:50To talk about it,
11:51we are live with
11:53Mohamed Chkoundi,
11:56a government specialist in Africa.
11:59Hello Mr. Mohamed Chkoundi
12:02and thank you for being with us.
12:05Hello and thank you for the invitation.
12:08After nearly eight months in power,
12:11the PASTEF party
12:13has confirmed its presidential score.
12:17What analysis do you make
12:20of the results of this legislative scrutiny?
12:24Yes, these results are very important
12:27for the PASTEF party
12:29and for the other parties,
12:31the other coalitions for the PASTEF.
12:33First of all, I can say
12:35that the stake was huge for the PASTEF.
12:37Because after winning
12:39the presidential elections,
12:41the stake for the PASTEF
12:43was also to have a comfortable majority
12:46in the legislative elections.
12:48That's why President Bacero Dioumae Faye
12:51had said at the National Assembly
12:53that the objective of the legislative elections
12:56was to anticipate and allow its party
12:59to have this comfortable majority
13:01that will allow it
13:03to carry out its development program.
13:06Its development program
13:08which translates into the Senegal Vision 2050
13:12with diversification projects
13:14of the economy,
13:15investment in infrastructures,
13:17investment also in human capital.
13:19So for the PASTEF,
13:21the stake was huge.
13:23The results suggest
13:25a very important victory,
13:28that is to say,
13:30a considerable victory for the PASTEF,
13:33which means that
13:35the Senegalese elector
13:37shows a kind of coherence
13:39in relation to his vote
13:41during the presidential elections
13:43and his vote during the legislative elections.
13:45This coherence
13:47also translates the expectations
13:49of the people who voted,
13:52the expectations and their hope,
13:54the confidence they place in the PASTEF.
13:57So after allowing him
13:59to have the presidency,
14:01now the stake is
14:03to allow him
14:05to have the majority
14:07in order to control
14:09the parliamentary power
14:11and to carry out its program.
14:13We understand that behind this vote,
14:15behind these results,
14:17there are huge expectations
14:19from the Senegalese population,
14:21which means that there will be
14:23a lot more pressure on the PASTEF
14:25because now it is the culture
14:27of the results
14:29that will prevail.
14:31Mr. Chkondi,
14:33the legislative elections
14:35of November 17
14:37recorded a rate of 49.72%,
14:39a participation less strong
14:41than that during the presidential elections.
14:43What is your reading
14:45of this participation rate?
14:49So we can say that
14:51the participation rate
14:53did not have...
14:55but the rate is still important
14:57in terms of context.
14:59But compared to the previous elections,
15:01compared to the presidential elections,
15:03we can say that
15:05there was less enthusiasm.
15:07This can be explained
15:09by several reasons.
15:11First of all,
15:13there was hesitation.
15:15We can explain this by hesitation
15:17given the political context
15:19which remained tense.
15:21There was a lot of verbal jute.
15:23There was a lot of tension.
15:25Maybe this, in a way,
15:27discouraged.
15:29The second element is the crisis
15:31linked to the floods
15:33that the country experienced recently.
15:35So maybe the populations
15:37in certain regions,
15:39in the South-East,
15:41in Saint-Louis,
15:43and the populations
15:45close to the Gambia river.
15:47So we can say
15:49that they had
15:51a hard time moving.
15:53So these are
15:55the main reasons,
15:57in a summary,
15:59that explain this participation rate
16:01which is relatively low
16:03compared to the participation rate
16:05during the previous legislative elections.
16:09You have just
16:11mentioned the expectations
16:13of Senegalese citizens
16:15after this victory.
16:17President Bassirou Dioumaifa
16:19and his Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko
16:21must find answers
16:23to the urgent social issues,
16:25notably high inflation,
16:27irregular immigration.
16:29Tell us
16:31about the main expectations
16:33of Senegalese people.
16:35Yes, absolutely.
16:37We can say
16:39that President Bassirou Dioumaifa
16:41has the money to carry out
16:43his program,
16:45to meet the expectations
16:47of Senegalese people.
16:49He will be judged
16:51by his capacity
16:53to find answers
16:55to the economic crisis
16:57in the country,
16:59especially in terms of financing
17:01and relations with
17:03international financial institutions.
17:05We have seen
17:07that Senegal has recently
17:09experienced
17:11a natural disaster
17:13due to the overflow
17:15of the Senegal River
17:17and the Gambia River.
17:19The population is waiting
17:21for better management
17:23of this natural disaster.
17:25Let's not forget
17:27the young people.
17:29We know that most
17:31of the Senegalese population
17:33has actively participated
17:35in this campaign
17:37regarding the legislative elections.
17:39This means that there are
17:41a lot of expectations
17:43regarding the fight
17:45against unemployment.
17:47There are more and more
17:49young people getting
17:51a job,
17:53so they are waiting
17:55for better opportunities.
17:57This means that the government
17:59will be in charge
18:01of developing
18:03the economy
18:05so that the young people
18:07can get a job.
18:09There is also
18:11a social issue
18:13related to the fight
18:15against poverty.
18:17Senegal, like other
18:19countries in the continent,
18:21has seen poverty increasing
18:23in most African countries.
18:25Senegal is also
18:27experiencing this phenomenon
18:29which is becoming
18:31more and more critical
18:33due to the economic fragmentation.
18:35The current government
18:37will also be in charge
18:39of the social issue
18:41related to the fight
18:43against clandestine immigration.
18:45During the last visit
18:47of Prime Minister
18:49Pedro Sanchez
18:51to Senegal,
18:53he spoke about clandestine immigration.
18:55This phenomenon is not only
18:57a problem for Senegal,
18:59but also for other countries.
19:01The idea is to make sure
19:03that there is a growth model
19:05that allows young people
19:07to find job opportunities
19:09and to abandon the idea
19:11that they can find
19:13better opportunities
19:15by going elsewhere.
19:17What are the potential
19:19setbacks of these
19:21legislative elections
19:23on national and foreign
19:25issues in Senegal?
19:27On national issues,
19:29we can say that the Senegalese
19:31have shown
19:33maturity.
19:35They have consolidated
19:37the image
19:39that we have of
19:41democratic Senegalese models.
19:43From that moment on,
19:45the vote was conducted
19:47in very good conditions
19:49and the voters were able
19:51to express freely
19:53their choice.
19:55On a national level,
19:57Senegal will know
19:59and calm down after the tensions
20:01I just mentioned
20:03related to the elections
20:05and the electoral campaign.
20:07We have also seen
20:09that most opponents
20:11have recognized their defeat
20:13and have also expressed
20:15their confidence
20:17in the current government.
20:19This means that their will
20:21is now in the hands
20:23of the new government.
20:25This is important.
20:27Senegalese are looking for
20:29cohesion and perhaps
20:31to work together
20:33in order to find
20:35solutions to the current
20:37problems.
20:39On an international level,
20:41we can say that
20:43Senegal is a country
20:45that has been marked
20:47by its opening
20:49and foreign policy.
20:51Senegal is a country
20:53that welcomes
20:55a number of diplomatic representatives.
20:57There are many associations
20:59and many countries
21:01that are interested
21:03by Senegal.
21:05This means that
21:07it is an opening country.
21:09We have not seen any changes
21:11in foreign policy so far.
21:13Senegal has also shown
21:15its desire to diversify
21:17its partners,
21:19in addition to traditional partners,
21:21to open up to new partners
21:23in order to
21:25enter into
21:27relations with
21:29its partners
21:31in terms of inspiration
21:33and financing.
21:35On an international level,
21:37we know that Senegal
21:39is not under discussion.
21:41We can say that there are tensions
21:43that are not officially
21:45declared with the
21:47International Financial Institutions,
21:49especially the IMF,
21:51in relation to the debt.
21:53This may have created tensions
21:55on public finances.
21:57Everything depends on the capacity
21:59of the new government
22:01to manage this issue
22:03of relations with the
22:05International Financial Institutions
22:07so that the results
22:09of these last legislative
22:11elections can
22:13restore
22:15confidence
22:17between Senegal
22:19and the International Financial Institutions,
22:21especially the IMF.
22:23We are waiting for
22:25an important dialogue
22:27between Senegal
22:29and the IMF
22:31so that Senegal
22:33can have access to the financing
22:35it really needs
22:37at the moment.
22:39To conclude,
22:41we know that in relation
22:43to the new style of governance
22:45taken by the IMF,
22:47it will be based on three
22:49essential elements.
22:51First, we have governance.
22:53Maybe now that the IMF
22:55has the coup d'etat
22:57and full power to manage
22:59its program,
23:01the issue of governance will be important.
23:03The second issue
23:05may be in terms of
23:07financing.
23:09This element will be very present
23:11in this new style of governance.
23:13And the third element
23:15may be cohesion.
23:17Cohesion at the level
23:19of relations between Senegalese
23:21so that they all contribute
23:23to the realization
23:25of programs carried out
23:27by the IMF at the international level
23:29in terms of relations with
23:31the International Financial Institutions
23:33and with Senegal's foreign partners.
23:35Mr. Mohamed Daech,
23:37thank you for all these
23:39clarifications. I remind you that you are
23:41a specialist in governance
23:43in Africa.
23:49This is how
23:51this edition ends.
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