Senegal: four officials call for urgent measures over institutional deadlock
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Dakaractu
Four political figures, including Cheikhou Oumar Sy, denounced at a joint press conference the tug-of-war between the executive and the National Assembly. They call for urgent measures in the face of deteriorating public finances, the weight of debt and difficulties faced by businesses, according to Dakaractu.
Four Senegalese political figures, Mouhamedou Madana Kane, Théodore Chérif Monteil, Cheikhou Oumar Sy and Al Hassane Niang, called on Sunday for urgent measures to lift the country out of its institutional impasse, at a joint press conference. They denounced the consequences of the tug-of-war between the executive and the National Assembly.
Cheikhou Oumar Sy, speaking on behalf of the group, cited the deterioration of public finances, the burden of debt servicing, difficulties faced by businesses and the fall in households' purchasing power. Speakers cited the rejection, on 3 November, of the 2026 revised finance law by the National Assembly, as well as uncertainty over the examination of the 2027 initial finance law.
For Mr Sy, these divergences now raise questions about institutional stability and Senegal’s credibility with its international partners, and could weigh on the financing of the national economy.
