Bassirou Diomaye Faye yavutse ku ya 25 Werurwe 1980 ni umunyapolitiki wo muri Senegal kandi wahoze ari umugenzuzi w’imisoro akaba ubu yaramaze kuba Perezida watowe ku majwi menshi muri Senegali uyu mwaka wa 2024.
Yahoze ari umunyamabanga mukuru w’ishyaka rya PASTEF nyuma yo gushingwa ubu rikaba ritakibaho kuko ryasheshwe yasheshwe.
Muri 2000, Faye yabonye impamyabumenyi ye. Yatsindiye impamyabumenyi ihanitse mu by’amategeko hanyuma akuraho ibizamini byombi byapiganiwe, yiyandikisha mu Ishuri Rikuru ry’Ubuyobozi (ENA) ndetse n’ubucamanza mu 2004.
Nyuma yo guhabwa impamyabumenyi, Faye yahisemo kuba umugenzuzi w’imisoro mu ishami ry’imisoro n’umutungo, aho yagiranye ubucuti na Sonko, umunyeshuri mugenzi we bo mu ishuri rimwe.
Muri 2014, umubano wa Faye na Sonko warushijeho kwiyegereza ubumwe bw’imisoro n’umutungo, washyizweho na Sonko, umuyobozi wa PASTEF yari imaze igihe gito ishinzwe. Mu gihe yari ayoboye ihuriro ry’ubumwe, Faye yiyamamaje kugira ngo yorohereze nyir’inzu abashinzwe imisoro n’umutungo.
Ku ikubitiro igihe ishyaka ryashingwaga, Faye yahise azamuka aba umwe mu bantu bakomeye mu ishyaka.
Yakomeje kuba umwe mubatanga ibitekerezo no gutegura gahunda ya Sonko kubera kandidatire ya Sonko yari yemewe mu matora ya perezida wa Senegal 2019. Sonko yagize amajwi hafi 16% kandi yaje ku mwanya wa gatatu.
Muri Gashyantare 2021, Faye yabaye umunyamabanga mukuru wa PASTEF nyuma yuko Sonko atabwa muri yombi, ashinjwa gufata ku ngufu inshuro nyinshi umukozi wa salle ya massage. Mu rwego rwo gufata ingamba zo gutsinda ubutegetsi, Faye yagerageje guhuza abatavuga rumwe n’ubutegetsi mu matora yo mu 2022, yegukana imyanya 56 iyobowe n’umuryango uharanira kubohora abaturage.
Nyuma yo kutamenya neza niba Sonko ashobora kuba umukandida mu matora ya perezida, PASTEF yemeje Faye mu Gushyingo 2023 nk’umukandida w’amatora ya perezida wa 2024, nubwo yafunzwe. Ariko, PASTEF yari imaze guseswa amezi menshi mbere, bivuze ko yayoboraga nkiyigenga.
Ku ya 20 Mutarama 2024, Inama y’Itegeko Nshinga rya Senegal yashyize ahagaragara urutonde rwa nyuma rw’abakandida mu matora y’umukuru w’igihugu kandi Sonko ntiyitabye nyuma y’intambara nyinshi zemewe n’amategeko. Kandidatire ya Faye yemejwe kuko atigeze ahamwa n’icyaha nubwo yarasigaye afunzwe. Sonko yahise atangaza ko ashyigikiye Faye mu matora.
Ku ya 15 Werurwe 2024, nyuma y’umunsi umwe Faye arekuwe muri gereza, yakusanyije abantu babarirwa mu magana bamugaragariza ku mugaragaro bwa mbere nk’umukandida ku mwanya wa perezida.
Uwahoze ari perezida Abdoulaye Wade n’ishyaka rye riharanira demokarasi rya Senegal (PDS) bemeje Faye uwo munsi, mu rwego rwo kongera amahirwe yo gutsinda amatora. Iki cyemezo kibaye nyuma y’uko umukandida wa PDS, Karim Wade, atemerewe kwitabira iri rushanwa kubera ko yari afite ubwenegihugu bubiri mu gihe yatangaga kandidatire ye.
Mu gihe cyo kwiyamamariza umwanya wa perezida, yasezeranyije guhanga imirimo, kurwanya cyane ruswa, aniyemeza kongera gusuzuma amasezerano y’ingufu.
