`If we want the National Assembly to truly play its constitutionally mandated role,' explains representative
Semou Pathe Gucye, a member of the opposition Parti de I'Independance et du Travail (PIT), `we must put an end to the disastrous conditions under which Representatives work'.(48) As further lamented by Iba Der Thiam, the head of the Jappoo (Wolof for `union') party alliance, representatives do not even enjoy something as simple as individual offices within which they can work and privately receive members of their constituencies.(49)