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In Senegal, Madana Kane calls for reconciliation or dissolution of the National Assembly

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The leader of the Dundu party, Mouhamedou Madana Kane, is calling for a rapprochement between the president and the National Assembly to lift the country out of its institutional crisis. Speaking at a press conference, he said the political deadlock is holding back the return of investors, according to Dakaractu.

The leader of the Dundu party, Mouhamedou Madana Kane, is calling for a rapprochement between the president of the Republic and the National Assembly or, failing that, for the Assembly’s dissolution and a return to the polls. He said so at a press conference, according to Dakaractu.

In his view, the political deadlock is holding back the return of investors and economic recovery. Returning to the hidden debt affair, he recalled that the Court of Audit found debt contracted outside the budget process, without establishing any embezzlement; the matter, in his view, falls to the judicial authorities.

He believes the politicisation of this case has created a climate of mistrust, worsened by the breakdown of dialogue between the head of state and the president of the National Assembly, who previously worked together.

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