As if he wanted to give himself a little reprieve before taking the stage… When he was appointed Minister of National Education on May 20, Pap Ndiaye began by asking for a delay in the transfer of power.
His wife is abroad and he would like to wait for her return the next day so that she can attend the ceremony.
"Jean-Michel Blanquer had to call him to convince him," recalls a witness.
His entourage swears that nothing significant should be seen there.
But the anecdote feeds his reputation as a UFO: "It was still funny that it was the incoming, and not the outgoing, who did not want to come right away...", continues the same familiar with power.
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