African Business, June 1st, 2001
Elections held at the end H of April saw President Abdoulaye Wade's 'Sopi' coalition sweep to victory, winning 89 of the 140 National Assembly seats. The result is generally seen as an endorsement for President Wade's administration. It has put paid to speculation that President Wade had made a political error in dismissing Prime Minister Moustapha Niasse, one of his major six-party coalition partners.
In fact, although President Wade had won a 17% margin victory in the Presidential election in March 2000 - beating the former incumbent, Abdou Diouf in a two-way second round runoff - his PDS...
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