Only a year ago, no Senegalese voter knew who Bassirou Diomaye Faye was. The one who was only the discreet secretary general of Pastef, an opposition party.
On Sunday, it was he who won the vote and he who will soon be enthroned as the fifth President of the Republic, the youngest in history at just 44 years old. This twist of fate is not a fluke. It is due to the legal disgrace of another man, Ousmane Sonko.