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CEMAC postpones 2026 budget to restore financial discipline

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The Council of Ministers of the Economic Union of Central Africa has postponed the adoption of CEMAC’s 2026 budget. Community Parliament president Fernand Sabaye presented the delay as a choice of financial discipline rather than a renunciation, at the opening of the budget session, according to Congo B.

The Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) has postponed the adoption of its 2026 budget, a decision presented as a way of restoring financial discipline within the organisation, according to Congo B. The decision was taken by the Council of Ministers of the Economic Union of Central Africa (UEAC).

The president of the Community Parliament, Fernand Sabaye, defended the postponement on 13 October at the opening, by videoconference, of the second ordinary budget session of 2026. He called for the restoration of financial orthodoxy, according to Congo B.

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