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Minister Serigne Guèye Diop calls for Senegal’s National Assembly to be dissolved

By , based on Dakaractu, Seneweb and Senego

Minister Serigne Guèye Diop calls for Senegal’s National Assembly to be dissolvedPhotowalk · CC BY-SA 3.0

Industry and Trade Minister Serigne Guèye Diop urges the head of state to dissolve the National Assembly, which he considers unnecessary.

The minister says consultation with Pastef MPs can no longer take place and wants Parliament put back in its place. In August 2026, he had already indicated that the Assembly would be dissolved on 2 December; his intervention on Saturday was addressed to the head of state and does not constitute a new decision.

The position follows the rejection, in committee, of several financial texts, notably the supplementary finance bill and the initial finance bill. In Mbour department, former Prime Minister Aminata Touré accuses MP Ousmane Sonko of holding the people hostage and says Pastef MPs have betrayed their mandate. Gana Ngom, a member of Kiiraay Saly, expresses his indignation.

Kiiraay officials deplore the blocking of a level-three hospital, road rehabilitation and a water transfer intended for Touba, with funding of 50 billion CFA francs.

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Senegalese lawmakers have rejected the 2027 Energy budget, and the blocked budget has weakened the IMF programme timetable.

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