Senegal committee rejects 2026 supplementary budget
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Agpgabon
Senegal’s National Assembly Law Committee rejected the 2026 supplementary finance bill after an initial rejection by the Finance Committee. Pastef is demanding transparency over agreements with the World Bank and better protection for social spending before the plenary sitting on 27 October, RFI reports.
The Law Committee of Senegal’s National Assembly rejected the 2026 supplementary finance bill on Saturday 24 October. MPs from Pastef, the ruling party with a majority in the Assembly, justified their vote by saying that five conditions set for the government had not been taken into account, Radio France Internationale (RFI) reports, as cited by the Gabonese Press Agency (AGP).
Pastef is notably calling for the agreements concluded with the World Bank to be submitted, following the deadlock linked to the so-called “hidden” debt, as well as a reduction in the state’s operating costs and better oversight of special funds. The party is also contesting budget cuts affecting health, education and vocational training, according to RFI.
The opposition coalition Takku Wallu criticised the rejection and denounced a conflict between former allies Ousmane Sonko, Senegal’s prime minister, and Bassirou Diomaye Faye, president of the Republic. The bill is due to be examined in plenary on Tuesday 27 October, amid uncertainty over its adoption.
The new rejection follows that of the Senegalese Finance Committee, announced on 23 October, and the five demands from PASTEF issued the same day. If it is rejected again in plenary, the prime minister could make the government’s responsibility a matter of confidence under paragraph 6 of Article 86 of the Constitution, risking a vote of no confidence.
