Sonko ran for president in the 2019 election in Senegal as a tax justice candidate. Sonko wants Senegal, which still uses the French franc (along with seven other Francophone countries in West Africa) to eventually replace the franc with a domestic currency. "Sonko proposes a gradual, prudent and responsible exit from the franc CFA monetary system that is holding our economies hostage" according to Pastef Partie activist Mamadou Yauck.[15]