The assembly was convening for the first time since a July election in which President Macky Sall's ruling coalition lost its comfortable majority, securing just two seats more than two allied opposition coalitions.
The new parliamentary session convened at 10:00 GMT on Monday with the first order of business to elect the house's new leader. However, parties failed to reach an agreement on electoral procedure.
Heated arguments ensued all day and by late evening, tensions boiled.
Senegal's national television RTS, showed scuffles breaking, parliamentarians pushing and shoving one another as they crowded the floor of the assembly, while some threw plastic bottles.
"The opposition did not agree on the ballots and the manner of proceeding with the election," Senegal's national TV reported.
The police were later called in to secure the voting process and had to forcefully remove several lawmakers who tried to seize the ballot box.
Political tension has been on the rise in the west African nation seen as one of the region's most stable democracies. The tension is partly fuelled by Sall's refusal to state clearly whether he plans to run for a third mandate in 2024 in breach of term limits.
The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of The Gambia to the Kingdom of Belgium, His Excellency Ambassador Pa Musa Jobarteh on Wednesday, 8th February 2023 presented his letter of Credence and of recall of his predecessor to His Majesty Philippe, King of the Belgians at the Royal Palace in Brussels.
Niani chief, Pierre Bah has warned people of his district against bushfires, saying anyone found wanting will face the consequences.
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at The Gambia recently organised a virtual press conference between Gambian journalists and the worldwide head of Ahmadiyya in order to shed light on their mission.
The International Organisation for Migration(IOM), recently handed over a newly constructed and refurbished ward at Tanka Tanka Psychiatric Hospital to the Ministry of Health at a ceremony held at Salaji.
