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Liberate the People

Yewwi Askan Wi
Liberate the People Yewwi Askan Wi
Abbreviation	YAW
Leader	Barthélémy Dias; Ousmane Sonko; Khalifa Sall
Founder	Ousmane Sonko
Founded	3 September 2021
Ideology	Social Conservatism; African Socialism
Political position	Big tent
Member parties	PASTEF; Party for Unity and Rally; Taxawu Senegaal; Republican Party for Progress; AND Saxal Liggeey
Colours	Purple, Green
National Assembly	56 / 165
Website
	yewwi-askanwi.com
	Politics of Senegal; Political parties; Elections;

Liberate the People (French: Libérer le peuple; Wolof: Yewwi Askan Wi, YAW) is a Senegalese political coalition led by Ousmane Sonko. The coalition opposes former President Macky Sall and allies against him with the Wallu Sénégal alliance led by the Democratic Party of Senegal.^[2]

The party participated in the 2022 local elections, winning in several major cities, including Dakar.^[3] After the 2022 national election the coalition became the second biggest in the National Assembly and the main opposition force against Macky Sall obtaining 56 seats.^[4]

Composition

The coalition is composed of the following parties:^[5]

	Abbr.	Leader	Ideology	Membership
African Patriots of Senegal for Work, Ethics and Fraternity Patriotes africains du Sénégal pour le travail, l'éthique et la fraternité	PASTEF	Ousmane Sonko	Pan-Africanism	2021–2023
Party for Unity and Rally Parti de l'Unité et du Rassemblement	PUR	Serigne Mouhamadou Moustapha Sy	Islamic democracy	2021–present
Manko Taxawu Sénégal	MTS	Khalifa Sall		2021–present
Republican Party for Progress Parti républicain pour le Progrès	PRP	Déthié Fall		2021–present
National Alliance for Democracy - Saxal Liggeey Alliance Nationale pour la Démocratie - Saxal Liggeey	AND	Aida Mbodji		2021–present

Election	Party leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Status
2022	Ousmane Sonko	1,071,139	32.85%	56 / 165	New	2nd	Opposition

^ http://www.54etats.com/en/node/13735 Senegal: Can the new "Yewwi Askan Wi" coalition change things?
^ https://www.yewwi-askanwi.com/ Lors de leur conférence de presse, vendredi 03 Juin 2022 au siège de la coalition Yewwi Askan Wi , les leaders de la coalition Wallu Sénégal et Yewwi Askan Wi ont annoncé officiellement » l’inter coalition ».
^ https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20220731-senegal-heads-to-polls-for-parliamentary-elections-in-test-for-presidential-vote Senegal counts legislative votes with eyes on 2024 presidential race
^ "Sénégal : l'opposition acceptera les résultats des législatives" [Senegal: the opposition will accept the results of the legislative election]. Africanews (in French). 11 August 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
^ "La conférence des leaders de la coalition YEWWI ASKAN WI" (in French). Retrieved 2 September 2022.

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